Offers two hundred recipes for fresh pizzas, focaccia, tarts, breads, snacks, and pastas

Italian in its inspiration, American in its outlook, Cucina Fresca brings a vivid new style to the earthy simplicity of Italy's culinary tradition. This is food at its freshest and simple to prepare.

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Nick Stellino presents contemporary interpretations of over one hundred recipes for Italian comfort foods, including pasta, gnocchi, risotto, pizza, and panini.

Here are cookbooks of every variety, including Regional American (California, Creole, Northwestern, Carolina Low Country, New York Melting Pot, Border Cooking, and more) ... Ethnic and International (Chinese, Japanese, Southeast Asian, Indian, Russian, Georgian, German, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Mediterranean, and more) ... Single-Subject (pasta, steaks, rice, sandwiches, seafood, soups, and stews) ... plus the best books for grilling, barbecuing, microwaving, baking, and desserts, featuring special profiles of chef and restaurant cookbooks.If you're an experienced chef, a novice cook wishing to explore new worlds of cuisine, even a stranger to your own kitchen, "Great Books for Cooks" will fire you with new culinary zest.