Much of American cuisine is curiously influenced by Italian cooking, so what can be better than an all-inclusive cookbook that gathers together Italy’s oldest and richest recipes and updates them to suit modern sensibilities and tastes? Thats just what the editors of Phaidon Press did when they compiled traditional Italian cooking techniques for their latest cookbook, The Silver Spoon, and to date, it’s one of Italy’s most popular cookbooks. It all began when a group of cooking experts was commissioned ny Domus magazin to collect hundreds of traditional and modern recipes from the different Italian regions and make them available to a wider audience. In the process, they aslo updated ingredients, quantities, and methods while at the same time preserving the memory of ancient recipes. Readers will enjoy this flavorful book and perhaps will be motivated to stir up a few dishes of their own.