Make a Meal with Meatballs: Marvellous, Mouth-Watering Meatball Recipes (Paperback)

Meatballs are a worldwide food staple. While the Spanish tuck into albondigas, the Dutch can't get enough bitterballen. The Italians prefer polpette and the Turks crave kofta. Every culture has its favorite type of meatball!

Nobody knows, though, where the first meatball was ever made. Recipes date back to Roman times, but many historians believe that the first meatballs come from Persia.

Over time, meatballs grew in popularity around the world. But it wasn't until the end of the 19th century that the first American recipe appeared in a cookbook.

One thing is for sure, though; meatballs are a marvelous way to use less-expensive cuts of meat, stale breads, and herbs and spices. Better yet, they make the perfect pocket-friendly meals and snacks for all the family to enjoy.

Are these marvelous meatball facts making your stomach rumble, no problem? It's time to get cooking with our 40 marvelous, mouth-watering meatball recipes.