Osteria : 1,000 Generous and Simple Recipes from Italy's Best Local Restaurants

With 1,000 recipes from all of Italy s regions, this book offers striking breadth and depth. These aren t chef recipes, but dishes from humble restaurants that serve cuisine specific to their home areas. This is imminently cookable Italian food. With thorough headnotes that offer fascinating cultural detail, these are more than mere instructions for cooking together they make up a guide to a much-admired and much-desired way of life.