Winner of the Guild of Food Writers' Award in 1996 and the Accademia Italiana della Cucina's Orio Vergani prize, Classic Food of Northern Italy has become a well-thumbed bible on the shelf of every discerning cook. In this revised and updated edition, Anna Del Conte celebrates the cooking of northern Italy - both rustic and sophisticated, ancient and modern. Anna has sourced over 150 recipes from acclaimed restaurants, elegant home kitchens, rural inns and country farmsteads. Many of the traditional dishes may not be familiar, such as flatbread made with chickpea flour, Ligurian Ciuppin or macaroni pie in a sweet pastry case, but she also presents definitive versions of popular dishes such as pesto, ragu and ossobuco. Thoroughly researched and tested, and with numerous practical tips, the recipes comprise a trusted and essential cook's companion. Book jacket.

Anna Del Conte was born in Milan. Her first book, Portrait of Pasta, was published in 1976. Since then she has gone on to publish classic, award-winning titles, such as Entertaining all'Italiana and Gastronomy of Italy. In 1994, she won the prestigious Premio Nazionale de Cultura Gastronomica Verdicchio d'Oro prize for dissemination of knowledge concerning authentic Italian food. Anna lives in Dorset with her husband