150 homestyle Italian recipes offering a loving celebration of food, family, and culture by the author of Italian Moms: Spreading Their Art to Every Table. In this, Elisa Costantini’s follow-up to her debut cookbook, Italian Moms: Spreading Their Art to Every Table,she once again shares her vision of home cooking influenced by her childhood in Abruzzo, Italy, while also paying homage to newer generations of Italian Americans, who have reinvented the classic recipes. When you want to bring family and friends to the table, choose from more than 150 delicious recipes to suit the occasion, like Roasted Artichoke Crostini, Pea and Pancetta Risotto, Saffron and Potato Minestrone, Zucchini and Potato Parmesan, Creamy Alfredo Basil Sauce, Veal Marsala, Chicken Saltimbocca, Italian-Style Crab Cakes, and Chocolate covered Almond Cake. Filled with Costantini’s personal narratives, this cookbook is an invitation to celebrate great food, old and new traditions, and the company of those you love. RECIPES INCLUDE: Verdure Miste Fritte (Fried Vegetables) * Sausage Crostini * Pancetta Corn Cakes * Tuna and Chili Pepper Tea Sandwich * Pasta Fagioli * Penne with Lobster * Fusilli with Broccoli Rabe * Beetroot and Farro Soup * Seafood Risotto * Italian Easter Pie * Veal Marsala * Lamb with Egg and Cheese * Panna Cotta * Anisette Biscotti * Italian Rum Trifle * Plus a variety of sauces, spreads, and jams! “The best reason of all to say ‘Mamma mia!’”—Booklist (starred review) “Costantini presents these hearty, approachable recipes with sincerity and grace.” —Publishers Weekly “Costantini blends recipes and memoir to brilliant effect.” —Library Journal

Tried-and-true Italian food from a mom who knows what it means to cook from the heart. In her debut cookbook, Elisa Costantini collects her tried and true recipes for Italian favorites in one place, sharing them with anyone who has an interest in making phenomenal meals for the people they love. Prepare for your family and friends to flock to the table when you serve these authentic Italian classics from someone who knows what it means to cook with love. Whether it’s antipasti, timballo, roasted lamb, or classic Italian desserts, this debut cookbook contains all you need to make the most beloved dishes form Italy. Winner of the 2017 Reader’s Favorite® Award “One bite of Elisa’s Scripelle Mbusse and I felt like I was transported back to my great grandmother’s kitchen. These are the kind of meals that chefs live for, the recipes and flavors that first awakened their love of food. You follow these recipes to create more than a meal, you follow them to recreate memories through flavor. She is a master of old world Italian cuisine, and this is the type of cookbook that never leaves my kitchen.” —Chef Michael Favacchia, Marly’s of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, Winner of the Best of Main Line Award “Cook like an Italian mom! After a boost on The Rachael Ray Show, Elisa Costantini’s Italian Moms has become fall’s ‘it’ cookbook! The 78-year-old Abruzzo native shares her tried-and-true favorite dishes, including savory fried polenta, prosciutto stuffed red peppers and a tempting Nutella tart!”—Woman’s World

Following her bestselling debut cookbook, Elisa Costantini once again shares her vision of Italian home cooking. Here, she serves up more than 150 recipes, some influenced by her childhood in Abruzzo and others that reinvent classic dishes. And with her profound understanding of Italian culinary traditions and ingredients, Elisa also responded to readers' requests and painstakingly reconstructed recipes of their most beloved dishes.

As a wife, mother, and grandmother, as well as housekeeper and cook for those with special needs, Elisa Costantini has spent her life serving up delicious Italian meals. Leaving Italy at the age of twenty-three, she moved to Philadelphia with her husband and young daughter. Once there, she established herself in her neighborhood and community as a wonderful neighbor, parishioner, friend...and a terrific cook of homemade Italian specialties. In her debut cookbook, Costantini collects her tried-and-true recipes for Italian favorites in one place, sharing them with anyone who has an interest in making phenomenal meals for the people they love. She includes easy-to-follow recipes for all the Italian classics, including antipasto, pasta, breads, pizza, main dishes, and desserts. And unlike many fussy, complicated recipes that rely on specialized ingredients and techniques, Costantini's rustic, authentic recipes call for only fresh, simple ingredients available at local markets. Her clear writing allows even novice cooks to bring the old-world charm of the Italian countryside to their home dining room tables.

Tired of your scattered collection of recipes? Keep your most treasured family dishes in one easily accessible place This fill-in-the-blank cookbook features: a two page spread, giving you plenty of room to write out your recipes space to record up to 50 family favorites numbered pages with an index to allow you to categorize and find recipes quickly a place to mark the level of difficulty and overall star rating of each dish ample room to write an ingredients list and directions space to jot down notes or memories attached to the recipe space to add a photo of the finished dish volume, temperature and cooking measurement conversions, as well as a section to write your own food substitutions beautiful design on a matte cover (hint! it's easy to wipe clean) a generously sized kitchen companion (8 x 10 inches) that's comfortable to write in As well as preserving favorite recipes, this blank cookbook makes a great gift to pass on to future generations, fellow foodies and chefs. Order your copy today.