Italy: The Ultimate Cookbook is a thorough, wide-ranging look at the genius that guides the cuisine in each region of Italy, celebrating the country’s unmatched ability to preserve traditions while always seeming fresh and contemporary, and featuring:

• 500+ authentic regional recipes from Southern, Central, and Northern Italy, each one centered around Italy’s famed emphasis on fresh, quality ingredients
• Effortless and elegant handmade pastas
• Enlightening histories of the most famous Italian recipes and ingredients
• Beautiful photography that provides both instruction and inspiration
• Hundreds of antipasti, contorni, primi, secondi, dolce, and pane so that you can enjoy the celebrated cycle that makes up the full Italian meal
• Tips on purchasing and working with ingredients, handling difficult preparations, and much more