We love to celebrate cookbooks and cocktail books at Appetito. Some of other favorites can be found here. For the 2023 holiday season, we wanted to recommend books published (mostly) recently by our contributors that will surely please the Italian food & drink enthusiast on your list (and hopefully earn you some homemade Italian fare and cocktails as a result):
The Olive Oil Enthusiast by Skyler Mapes and Giuseppe Morisani
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Cooking with Nonna: Sunday Dinners with La Famiglia by Rossella Rago
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Italy Cocktails by Paul Feinstein
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The newest book on this list, just released, comes from Paul Feinstein, who spent years collecting 100-plus recipes that define the burgeoning world of Italian cocktails.
Food of the Italian Islands by Katie Parla
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The Delmonico's Way: Sublime Entertaining & Legendary Recipes from the Restaurant That Made New York by Max Tucci
![The Delmonico's Way: Sublime Entertaining & Legendary Recipes from the Restaurant That Made New York by Max Tucci.](https://lede-admin.appetitomagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2023/10/Appetito_Max_CoverwithSticker.jpg?w=710)
Italy by Ingredient by Viola Buitoni
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Pasta et Al by Alec Morris
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The Food of Sicily by Fabrizia Lanza
![Food of Sicily cover](https://lede-admin.appetitomagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2023/10/COVER.-The-Food-of-Sicily-by-Fabrizia-Lanza.jpg?w=710)
Cucina Povera by Giulia Scarpaleggia
![Cucina Povera book](https://lede-admin.appetitomagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2023/10/3D-COVER.-Cucina-Povera-by-Giulia-Scarpaleggia.jpg?w=710)
The Story of Pasta by Steven Guarnaccia
![Story of Pasta book cover](https://lede-admin.appetitomagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2023/10/storyofpasta.jpg?w=710)