The Italian Cookbook: Gumma's Recipes:

For cuisine with so many rabid fans and iconic dishes, Italian food can also be enigmatic. It's profoundly varied across the country's many regions, infamously rooted in tradition, and often romanticized—a narrative of rich sauces and delicate pasta passed down from one generation to the next, so honed and perfected they needn't ever change. There's an air of mystery, a sense that no one person could ever grasp the true nature and breadth of authentic Italian cookery. But it's a beguiling, seductive inscrutability, the kind that hooks you and keeps you coming back for more. Here are over 70 of Gumma's best recipes that have blessed many, many people over several decades.For cuisine with so many rabid fans and iconic dishes, Italian food can also be enigmatic. It's profoundly varied across the country's many regions, infamously rooted in tradition, and often romanticized—a narrative of rich sauces and delicate pasta passed down from one generation to the next, so honed and perfected they needn't ever change. There's an air of mystery, a sense that no one person could ever grasp the true nature and breadth of authentic Italian cookery. But it's a beguiling, seductive inscrutability, the kind that hooks you and keeps you coming back for more. Here are over 70 of Gumma's best recipes that have blessed many, many people over several decades.