For Oliver's 30th birthday a few years ago, he took a food excursion through Italy and then wrote a cookbook about the experience. This was a great read. The essays sprinkled throughout really do provide a glimpse at a different way of looking at food. The message came across loud and clear that Italians care deeply about food and that it is an activity worth putting your time into. I was inspired to try the potato, rosemary, and thyme pizza from scratch last night and it was delicious. Many of the recipes are way over the top and I would never attempt them, but quite a few really are simple and look wonderful.

The Most inspiring cooking book i've ever had :)

I'm not a huge Jamie Oliver fan, but love this cookbook - great recipes, beautiful photography & everything I've tried has been delicious.

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Really great photography

This is one of my favorite cookbooks, surprisingly written by a non-Italian. Jamie Oliver immerses himself in the Italian culture and brings out the best parts of their cooking...simply prepared foods made with the best and freshest ingredients. I'm a vegetarian, and though the book includes meat recipes (and one really gross picture of a lamb being slaughtered), there are ample meat-free recipes that are extremely tasty. The book's highlights: a fantastic pizza recipe, and Spaghetti Alla Trapanese. I still have many recipes to try!

This book was published in 2005 when Jamie Oliver made a trip round Italy discovering the produce and recipes for different regions. It's a very large and hefty book and it's brand new! I've discovered it in one of a box of books nestling in one of the deepest corners of our garage, lovingly bought by my sister and for some strange reason tossed into a box unread!!

I am aiming to put that right in the coming weeks and get stuck in with some of the recipes which so far I've only glanced at (well it is christmas!). Any recipes of Jamie's work and taste good so I'm in for a treat! Albeit 18yrs later (just best not to mention it to my sister).

been loving watching jamie on tv for quite a while (even naming my unborn child 'olive' after his surname 'oliver')
sooo looking forward to read his books. my copy of this jamie's italy is still in US, waiting to be handed to the rightful-antisipating-owner ;p
herbayu, kapan pulang...?

I love Jamie and his recipes.

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liest man ein kochbuch eigentlich??? XD

nun ja, ich hab 'genial italienisch' nun schon seit letztem jahr und ackere immer noch bestimmte rezepte durch. es ist einfach super! zu meinen liebsten rezepten gehören spaghetti mit rucola und garnelen. das ist schon zu meiner leibspeise geworden und ich habe dieses gericht mittlerweile perfektioniert. :P
das buch war auch überhaupt seeeehr hilfreich in hinblick auf bestimmte zubereitungsarten von gemüse etc..
aber kochen ist wie das leben, methinks, man lernt/kocht nie aus.

wirklich empfehlenswert!

I am a passionate cook ,and this is the finest group of modern Italian recipes ever.
His risottos are to die for.
A must have in the library