Title:	Big Mamma Italian Recipes in 30 Minutes: Shower Time Included
	Author:	Big Mamma
	Published:	April 9, 2024, White Lion Publishing
	No. of Pages:	320
	Cover Price:	$28.27 Hardcover $16.99 Kindle

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Big Mamma Italian Recipes in 30 Minutes: Shower Time Included, by Big Mamma, which is a family of restaurants mostly in foreign countries, which was started by Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux. This excellent cookbook is filled with mouthwatering recipes that can be prepared in 30 minutes. It is colorful and full of humor, including clever names for many of the yummy recipes such as Burratina Turner, Britney Spearagus, John Bon Chovy, and others.

This is a very fun cookbook and is filled with luscious recipes for not only familiar Italian dishes, but also many that are not so well-known but are definitely worth making. The cookbook includes lots of trivia about Italian things, such as pronunciation of Italian ingredients, Italian movies to watch, Measurements for Dummies, Ten Ultimate Italian Cheeses, Italian Products you should Always Have in your Cupboard. The most important part of the cookbook, however, is the variety of recipes that most cooks will absolutely want to make at home. Most call for easy-to-find ingredients, and most can be prepared in 30 minutes. The recipes are written in the traditional manner with the ingredients listed first, followed by step-by-step instructions, making them easy to make for both beginning and advanced cooks. There are also beautiful, professional photographs of most of the dishes, which will make anyone’s “must make this week” queue (mine will take a month or two).

All told, this is an excellent cookbook, and it is very fun to read. Readers will want to start cooking after the first chapter and those who are lucky enough to sample the dishes will swoon.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.