Truly Italian: Quick & Simple Vegetarian Cooking
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Truly Italian: Quick & Simple Vegetarian Cooking is the 1999 hard-cover classic that turned a generation on to meat-free Italian food long before plant-based eating went mainstream. At 224 generously illustrated pages, Ursula Ferrigno distills the sun-drenched flavours of every Italian region into dishes that can be cooked in under half an hour with ingredients found in an ordinary supermarket. Think silky Sicilian caponata, Umbrian farro soup, or a basil-laced Genovese pesto that tastes as if it were pounded in a Ligurian kitchen—yet every recipe is vegetarian and clearly laid out for novice cooks as well as confident food lovers.
What makes this out-of-print Octopus Publishing Group edition so sought-after is its oversized 270 mm format that stays flat on the counter and showcases Alastair Hendy’s mouth-watering photography. The sturdy 957 g binding is still tight and spot-clean, so the book feels as fresh as the day it rolled off the press in 1999. Collectors prize it for the way it captures mid-90s food styling while remaining timeless in flavour; everyday cooks love the spiral-friendly lay-out and Ferrigno’s friendly coaching on everything from choosing the right olive oil to perfecting risotto texture.
For anyone building a vintage cookbook shelf or hunting a thoughtful gift for a vegetarian who adores Italian cuisine, this copy delivers both nostalgia and practicality. Keywords like “vintage vegetarian Italian cookbook,”“Ursula Ferrigno first edition,” and “quick Italian vegetarian recipes hardcover” consistently lead collectors to this title, and clean, unmarked copies in good condition are becoming scarce. Snap it up now and bring authentic, effortless Italian vegetables to tonight’s dinner table.
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