The recipes in the book all sound and look (when accompanied by a photo) amazingly delicious.

And I love the concept of Quanto Basta – that is how I cook, how I was taught by my father and grandmother, and how most of the great cooks in my family do it – getting a recipe with actual measurements is almost unheard of. I just never knew there was an actual term for it.

Now I might have to go make one of his fabulous recipes….