Sharing a meal together with friends and family is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Serving food made to share is not only a welcoming and enjoyable way to eat, it’s also clever and economical by stretching a meal to feed many. It is the Italian way of life.

This book showcases recipes from well-known Italian cook, Liliana Battle and includes traditional and modern-day interpretations of Italian dishes you will love. There’s everything here from pasta, meat, fish, vegetables, breakfasts, antipasti, pizzas, pies and tarts that can be mixed and matched and laid out on a table to make a mouth watering display of food to share. No feast is complete without a show-stopping dessert, and Liliana’s sweets certainly steal the show!

Best of all, these recipes are just as easy to make as they are to eat with lots of handy hints for making food in advance, freezer tips and how to make new meals from leftovers.

So get your family and friends together, and in true Italian spirit cook up a storm and pile it in the center of the table so that everyone can dig in. The enjoyment of sharing a meal together creates memories that last a lifetime.