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This well-preserved first edition is near fine, the pages are tight and unmarked. The dust jacket is in good condition, the book is tight, square, and in good condition. Marcella Cucina is a celebrated Italian cookbook by Marcella Hazan, a pioneering figure in bringing authentic Italian home cooking to American kitchens. Rich and deeply personal, Marcella Cucina features recipes Marcella learned and perfected during her time in Italy, many inspired by her travels across the country. Interwoven with charming anecdotes, the book explores the origins of each dish, the people she encountered, and the regional traditions that shaped her cooking. Critically acclaimed upon release, Marcella Cucina is regarded as one of Marcella Hazan’s finest works, alongside her classic Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking. It is treasured both as a practical kitchen companion and a beautifully written culinary journey.

A Knopf hardcover in very good condition. Boards are clean, bright, and square throughout with absolutely no wear to the spine, corners, or edges. Dust jacket is undamaged, fine in all respects. Pages are fresh and clean throughout, completely free of any marks, stamps, or annotations. Binding is firm and tight. Published by Alfred A. Knopf (Borzoi Books), New York, in 2010, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, this first printing hardcover of Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking is Marcella Hazan's magnum opus and one of the most celebrated cookbooks ever published in the English language. Winner of the James Beard Award for Best Italian Cookbook, the book brings together Hazan's two landmark earlier works — The Classic Italian Cook Book (1973) and More Classic Italian Cooking (1978) — in a fully revised and expanded single volume. Born in Cesenatico on the Adriatic coast and holder of doctorates in natural sciences and biology from the University of Ferrara, Hazan was credited by The New York Times as "the cookbook author who changed the way Americans cook Italian food. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Karin Kretschmann.