A luxurious collection of the best recipes from the world's leading Italian cookbook - with all new photography and designFirst published in 1950, Il Cucchiaio d'Argento,or its English-language offspring The SilverSpoon, is the ultimate compilation of traditionalhome-cooking Italian dishes. In this all-newluxurious book, The Silver Spoon Classicfeatures 170 of the very best-of-the-bestrecipes from Italy's incredibly diverse regions.Carefully selected from Phaidon's Silver Spooncookbooks, which have sold more than onemillion copies worldwide, this new collectionfeatures exquisite photography of the dishes,is replete with elegant double ribbons foreasy reference, and a sumptuous design andpackage, which makes for an ideal gift orkeepsake for the amateur and serious chef.With dishes for all tastes and seasons,The Silver Spoon Classic is the definitive guideto preparing the most important, authentic,and delicious Italian recipes.