42 renowned chefs open their home kitchens to share the easy but interesting menus they serve to family and friends. Cooking tips, ingredient information, and other tricks of the trade round out the meals, and introductions to each section, along with candid photographs, provide fascinating glimpses into the lives of some of the country's most admired culinary talents.

LA-based Italian food writer Ale Gambini presents traditional Milanese and Northern Italian dishes, handed down from her beloved Nonna Fernanda. Nearly a century of authentic Italian recipes, accurately explained step by step, prepared using only the freshest, finest and healthiest ingredients that are native to the region of Lombardy and Northern Italy in general. This book includes the staples of the Milanese cuisine: Milanese risotto, veal Ossobuco, milk cardoon, veal Milanese and Panettone. Buon Appetito!