It is a country with a culinary culture like no other, one that symbolizes the comfort of home and food's power to bring people together all across the globe. 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: 300+ 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, Hundreds of antipasti, contorni, primi, secondi, dolce, and pane, so that you can enjoy the celebrated cycle that makes up the full Italian meal, Beautiful photography that provides both instruction and inspiration, Tips on purchasing and working with ingredients, handling difficult preparations, and much more