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Cooking Like Nonna will be your go-to handbook for making outstanding meals the spontaneous way--no more hangups on rigid measurements and hard-and-fast rules. Whether you are a budding culinarian or simply want to challenge your usual methods, these recipes, inspired by food photographer Caroline De Luca's southern Italian roots, will have you grasping the essence of intuitive cooking with simple, classic and irresistible Italian food.

Caroline offers recipes and variations thereof that play with different ingredients and/or techniques, as well as recipes with proposed adjustments so you can accommodate your tastes or any given occasion.

Make and tweak your way from enticing starters, meat and seafood all the way to delicious pizzas and pasta. Take the Authentic Italian Tomato Sauce, with options to make it a Bolognese, a Vegetarian or a Vodka Sauce. The Italian Meatballs become Pork and Fennel or Eggplant Balls with a few easy switches. Let's not forget the irresistible desserts like the Tiramisu, Cannoli and Almond Biscotti that have made Italian cuisine so beloved around the world.

You'll never be daunted by rigid techniques and hard-to-find ingredients again. Cooking Like Nonna will help you tap into your innate skills and wow everyone around you.