Are you ready to embark on a culinary adventure in Costa Rica? This #1 worldwide bestselling cookbook is your ultimate guide to creating delicious, healthy meals that are quick and easy to prepare, whether you're a beginner or a seasoned cook. Packed with international recipes and insights into Costa Rican and Latin American cuisine, this book is perfect for anyone looking to expand their cooking repertoire on a budget.

What You'll Find Inside:

• Quick and Easy Recipes: Perfect for busy individuals and families, these recipes can be whipped up in 30 minutes or less.
• Healthy Meal Options: Enjoy nutritious meals that won't break the bank.
• Quantity Cooking: Whether you're cooking for one, two, or a large group, we've got you covered.
• Exotic Ingredients: Discover unique fruits and vegetables native to Costa Rica and learn how to prepare them.
• Shopping Tips: Navigate local farmers' markets, fruit stands, and supermarkets with ease.
• Expert Insights: Benefit from the knowledge of local chefs and health professionals.
• Instant Pot and Pressure Cooker Meals: Whip Up Flavorful Dishes in No Time!

Many of our readers asked how we managed to cook local Costa Rican meals. We listened and collaborated with locals and doctors to bring you a variety of simple, affordable recipes that are often good for your health. While we do enjoy the occasional indulgence in fats and sweets, we've found that preparing healthy meals and snacks makes us feel better and saves money.

When world famous food authority Nika Hazelton cooks for herself, she most often turns to the wonderful and varied cuisine of her native Italy. In this vintage cookbook Hazelton shares hundreds of her personal favorites from every region of Italy with delectable yet refreshingly simple dishes that reflect the enormous variety and incomparable tastes of real Italian home cooking, la cucina casalinga. Drawing on her firsthand knowledge of the Italian kitchen, her extensive travels in the country, and, most importantly, her deep understanding of the food of her native land, Hazelton has chosen more than 250 of her favorite recipes to inspire both beginner and expert. Every region of Italy contributes something to this unusual collection: from the seafood and rice dishes of Venice and the savory bistecca of Florence, to the sweets of Sicily, the pasta of Naples, and the sophisticated cooking of Rome. The Regional Italian Kitchen brings the best of Italian home cooking to your table...tempting and unusual dishes that will increase your culinary repertoire and delight your family and guests. It is an indispensable book for everyone who loves truly good food.

Your pasta sucks, but it doesn't have to. Let celebrated comedian and totally legit author Matteo Lane show you how through 30 delicious recipes and laugh-out-loud stories.

Organized by the most important places and people in his life―from Chicago and New York to Rome and Sicily―comedian, actor, and YouTube sensation Matteo Lane’s first cookbook features recipes rooted in serious pasta knowledge but presented with his signature snarky and sassy wit. Turn these pages to find:

• A conversational recipe (definitely not an argument) with his bestie Nick Smith on their versions of Mac and Cheese.
• A short rant over the validity of “alfredo” that turns into a delicious recipe for Penna alla Vodka.
• Matteo’s foolproof Homemade Pasta recipe.
• Lots of hardworking, handy tips―like a treatise on how to not f*ck up your pasta―so you can learn while you laugh.

• Fans of Matteo Lane and his standup comedy
• People looking for books that celebrate Italian and Italian American culture
• Supporters of LGBTQIA+ content creators
• Fans of Italian cooking and food-centric entertainers like The Pasta Queen
• Foodies looking for a unique present for a housewarming, birthday, holiday, or host/hostess gift