Excellent cookbook filled with savory pictures, descriptions and recipes. Easy to follow steps usually end in excellent results. Some ingredients (guts, tongues) could be hard to come by in America but author (in most cases) has converted to 'everyday' availability. You will want to take a backroads food tour of Italy after trying some of the recipes in this book!

Valentina's Four Seasons Cookbook is Italian food served up with a difference: it is aimed at busy people who don't have time to spend hours in the kitchen, yet who want authentic Italian dishes. Color photos of both Italy and finished dishes enhance recipes which range from Chicken Breasts with Sun-Dried Tomatoes to Anchovy-Caper and Olive-Stuffed Peppers. Delicious meals in half the time the usual Italian cookbook takes!

This is a wonderfully informative/recipe combination. If you want a good selection of pasta recipes and also wish to know more about the different types of pasta themselves, this book is ideal for you. The recipes cover a wide range e.g. vegetable, fish, meat, cheese options etc and it teaches you how to make your own pasta if you so desire. All round this is a great book.