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Everyday Italian 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes In her hit Food Network show Everyday Italian, Giada De Laurentiis shows you how to cook delicious, beautiful food in a flash. And here, in her long-awaited first book, she does the same—helps you put a fabulous dinner on the table tonight, for friends or just for the [...]

The Arthur Avenue Cookbook Recipes and Memories from the Real Little Italy Arthur Avenue winds its way through the heart of the Bronx. Known to many as the “real Little Italy,” the storied Arthur Avenue neighborhood has been home to a vibrant community of Italian-Americans for over a hundred years. Today, this area continues to [...]

The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook 350 Essential Recipes for Inspired Everyday Eating This uniquely accessible collection draws together the best vegetarian recipes of Italy-350 in all. ‘Pasta and pizza may be Italy’s most eye-catching exports, but it is the country’s varied and sensible use of vegetables that provides the best inspiration for American cooks,’ writes [...]

Giadas Kitchen New Italian Favorites She’s taught us every facet of Italian cooking—from traditional and regional to seasonal and contemporary. She even made us fall in love with pasta again by opening us up to lighter, healthier versions that don’t weigh us down. Now the Food Network star and bestselling author of Everyday Pasta, Giada [...]

Florence Authentic Recipes Celebrating the Foods of the World Williams Sonoma Foods of the World An insider’s guide to the recipes, ingredients, and traditions that define international city cuisine, the Foods of the World series is the definitive cookbook collection for anyone passionate about food and travel. Richly photographed, with over 45 authentic recipes and [...]

Lidias Italian Table More Than 200 Recipes From The First Lady Of Italian Cooking Lidia’s Italian Table LIDIA MATTICCHIO BASTIANICH “Let me invite you on a journey with me from my childhood …” beckons Lidia Bastianich, hostess of the national public television series Lidia’s Italian Table. And what an incredible journey it proves to be. [...]

The Splendid Table Recipes from Emilia Romagna the Heartland of Northern Italian Food Just when you thought you knew the best of Northern Italy, along comes Lynne RossettoKasper to introduce you to Emilia-Romagna, a fertile wedge between Milan, Venice, and Florence, as gastronomically important as any land in the world. The lush homeland of balsamic [...]