If you're cooking Italian, you must learn to deal with fresh vegetables, a mainstay of the Italian diet. This book shows you many ways to turn the best from the earth into incredible mouthwatering dishes. Straightforward style, with many humorous anecdotes. Includes interesting background about more common vegetables, like celery, as well as some of the more unusual ingredients, like capers. Dishes are simple.
Recipes are home-style, gathered from friends and relatives.
Try Tuscan Baked Potatoes or Fabio's Mushroom Soup .