It is at once a vision of the other world, an allegory of Christian life, a spiritual autobiography, and a cyclopaedic embodiment of all knowledge of its day.

"In this amazing book, Fabio shows you how to make delicious Italian dishes easily and quickly! It's the next best thing to having him in your kitchen --Antonia Lofaso, Chef and Restaurateur of Scopa Italian Roots, The Local Peasant, Sycamore Tavern and Black Market Liquor Bar Dinner doesn't have to be daunting. In half an hour or less you can cook up an Italian meal at home like a professional chef. In this case, just like Top Chef star Fabio Viviani....

Italian alphabet, consonants, vowels, phrases, titles, verbs, nationalities, and other topics. Presented with skits and graphics, in an "approachable" format.

Home-style Italian-American cuisine from the Everyday Food cohost, Mad Hungry author, and Martha Stewart Living executive editorial director. Even the writing has an irresistibly Italian flavor in this cookbook by Lucinda Scala Quinn. She presents fifty-two delicious, easy-to-prepare Italian recipes from her childhood and her extensive travels throughout Italy. Included are drinks such as the Aranciata Cocktail and Handmade Cappuccino; Bruschetta...

The proprietor of New York City's Felidia restaurant and her daughter present a collection of favorite Italian recipes, with nutritional information for ingredients and suggestions for recipe variations.

Presents more than two hundred authentic Italian recipes and shares authors' family stories.

Shares a collection of Italian comfort food recipes, including beef carpaccio, penne eggplant, shrimp scampi, and cannoli cream, as well as personal anecdotes on how cooking saved the chef from the streets of Philadelphia.

Pictures labeled in English and Italian are grouped in such familiar categories as "Our House, " "The Four Seasons, " "In the City, " "In the Ocean, " and "Colors." Includes bilingual indexes with pronunciation guide.