Il cucchiaio d'argento (The Silver Spoon in English) is a major Italian cookbook, a kitchen reference work originally published in 1950 by the design and architecture magazine Domus. It contains about 2000 recipes drawn from all over Italy, and has gone through eight editions. It is one of the most popular cookbooks in Italy, and was born from a post-World War II pricing dispute with the publishers of the popular Il talismano della felicità by Ada Boni.

Several English versions (customized for the country of sale) were published as The Silver Spoon by the United Kingdom's Phaidon Press in 2005. They are based on the 1997 Italian edition, with a special section of recipes from prominent Italian cooks around the world. The Phaidon Press is one of the leading publishers of books on the visual arts, including art, architecture, photography, and design worldwide. ...

See also

• Italian cuisine

Italian cuisine is extremely varied: the country of Italy was only unified in 1861, and its cuisines reflect the cultural variety of its regions: Roman cuisine, for example, uses a lot of pecorino (sheeps cheese) and organ meats, while Tuscan cooking features white beans and bread without salt; the...

External links

• The website for the book in Italian -- includes an online recipe database drawn from the book
• A review at about.com with the history of the book