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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.