Italian Cook Books

Here you'll find some of the best Italian recipes and Italian cooking tips  and Italian cuisine in these most popular, best-selling Italian Cook Books or Italian Cookbooks, whichever way you like to say them.  These are some of the Italian cookbooks I've liked and think you will too. They're not in any particular order, and though I like them all I don't pretend to be an expert. If you have an Italian cook book or Italian cooking tips book or any other Italian cooking book you'd like me to include here, please let me know.

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The Best Italian Cook Books

The Art of Eating Well           by Pellegrino Artusi

This is the Italian equivalent of Fannie Farmer's Cookbook.  Published in 1996 by Random House.

The Food of Southern Italy    by Carlo Middione

A varied, refined and fascinating Italian cook book.

The Cooking of Parma           by Richard Camillo Sidoli

More to this region in Italy than the typical prosciutto and cheese.

Cooking with Grace               by Grace Pilato

A well-written cookbook with Southern Italy recipes that are easy-to-follow.

Naples at Table                      by Arthur Schwartz

Cooking from Campania  which is home to one of the best Italian cuisines.

Cucina Ebraica, Flavors of the Italian Jewish Kitchen     by Joyce Goldstein

A cook, writer and an expert at details.

Vinum, The Story of Roman Wine

Wine was a big part of ancient Roman life.

A Passion for Piedmont            by Matt Kramer

Recipes of refined Italian cuisine.

Cooking Up an Italian Life, Simple Pleasures of Italy in Recipes and Stories    by Sharon Sanders

A great collection of modern Italian recipes.

Please let us know if you have an Italian cookbook, Italian cook book, Italian cooking tips book, Italian cuisine book or Italian food book you'd like to add to this list.  All the above are available in our cookbook bookshop

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