Our cookbook of the week is Food of the Italian South by Rome-based culinary writer Katie Parla. To try a recipe from the book, check out: Manell’ (fried polenta fritters), orecchiette con burrata, pomodorini e pesto (orecchiette with burrata, tomatoes and almond pesto) and cozze ripiene (stuffed mussels). “That’s what’s really cool about travelling through South Italy. (South Italy is not to be confused with Southern Italy, which encompasses Sardinia and Sicily, as well as the lower peninsula.) However, with Food of the Italian South, her intention was to shine a light on the products and recipes that hadn’t yet traversed the Atlantic.

Source: National Post May 30, 2019 12:56 UTC