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Product Description Culinaria Italy: A Celebration of Food and Tradition is a not just a superbly illustrated and keenly informative compendium of Italian cuisine, it is a 380-page masterpiece showcasing the very best examples of all manner of Italian dishes guaranteed to satisfy any appetite and please any palate. Beautifully and profusely illustrated throughout, the recipes themselves are clearly outlined and presented so that even the most novice of kitchen cooks can produced professional chef quality dishes for any and all dining occasions from humble family gatherings to elegant celebratory events. Of special note is the chapter devoted to Olive Oil and the chapter presenting Pesto and Other Sauces. The fabulous dishes are organized and presented regionally and include recipes from Sicily and Sardinia About the Author Claudia Piras studied philosophy and literature. Her interest in Italian cuisine developed at a tender age―she will never forget the incomparable tomato sauce prepared by her Sardinian father, nor the mussels with lemon and charcoal-broiled fillet of veal at her grandmother’s house in Oristano. She works in Munich as an editor, author, and translator.