775 Recipes. One Country. Infinite Flavour.
Italy doesn’t just have a cuisine — it has a culture built around food. Every region has its own pasta, its own sauces, its own way of turning simple ingredients into something unforgettable. The Italian Cookbook brings all of it together in one complete collection: 775 tried-and-tested Italian recipes, from weeknight pasta to slow-cooked Sunday ragù.
Whether you’re new to Italian cooking or you grew up eating it, this book gives you everything you need to cook with confidence and fill your kitchen with the kind of aromas that make people stop and ask, “What’s cooking?”
Inside you’ll find:
Pasta — fresh, dried, stuffed, baked
Risotto, gnocchi, polenta, and more
Classic sauces: marinara, Bolognese, carbonara, pesto, amatriciana
Pizza doughs, flatbreads, and focaccia
Soups and stews — minestrone, ribollita, cacciatore
Meat and seafood mains done the Italian way
Antipasti, salads, and sides
Desserts — tiramisu, panna cotta, cannoli, biscotti
Every recipe is written for the home cook — no professional equipment, no hard-to-find ingredients. Just clear instructions and real Italian flavour.
Author’s note:
“Italian cooking taught me that less really is more. A great tomato, good olive oil, fresh basil — that’s not a shortcut, that’s the whole point. This collection is full of recipes I’ve cooked again and again, because they just work. I hope your kitchen smells as good as mine.”
— John Joy
775 recipes. Full table of contents. No filler. Just Italy.
