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Summer season is getting closer, actually it’s already here in Italy and cooking becomes more difficult with warm weather. I’m always searching for quick and refreshing meals to prepare so thought I’d collect some traditional Italian dishes that we all eat in Italy during summer season for you as well as some others that are [...]

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• Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods into Your Cooking
• Williams-Sonoma New Flavors for Appetizers: Classic Recipes Redefined
• Il Cucchiaio d'argento
• The Biodynamic Food & Cookbook: Real Nutrition That Doesn't Cost the Earth
• Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
• The New Moosewood Cookbook
• Martha Stewart's Cupcakes
• The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread
• Hot Dish Heaven: Classic Casseroles from Midwest Kitchens
• The South Beach Diet Cookbook
• Falling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes
• Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments
• The New Best Recipe

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