This is the essential authentic Italian cookbook. It does for Italian cuisine what Julia Child did for French cuisine; making extraordinarily wonderful food completely do-able for just a normal person. (like me! or you, for that matter!)
Opening to the first page, this is what I saw::
...and I couldn't agree more.
I haven't even made a single recipe from this book, and already I'm pretty excited. (now if I could only get over this nasty sinus thing so I'll have the energy to hurry up and cook!!!!!)