In the original dustsheet. Tan spine with black title. Cream boards.

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The author of Grill Italian and Lasagne presents 150 new recipes based on the cooking of Italian farming communities, a cuisine combining simplicity and resourcefulness with robust flavors in satisfying dishes such as Penne with Chickpeas and Mint, and Fettuccine with Ham and Warm Goat Cheese.

Author, Clifford A. Wright is a cook, food writer, and independent research scholar who won the James Beard Cookbook of the Year award and the James Beard Award for the Best Writing on Food in 2000 for A Mediterranean Feast, also a finalist for the cookbook of the year award given by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. He is the author of 18 books, sixteen of which are cookbooks. Colman Andrews, former editor of Saveur magazine called Wright ‘the reigning English-speaking expert on the cuisines and culinary culture of the Mediterranean–the real Mediterranean, the whole Mediterranean.’ You can visit him at www.cliffordawright.com and his blog www.Cook-Coquus.com and read his reviews of food books and history books at www.nyjournalofbooks.com