This book provides a variety of traditional Italian seafood recipes that are generally easy to prepare and, almost without exception, delicious and impressive. Anthony Parkinson has written the best all-encompassing Italian seafood cookbook to hit the shelves in years. His recipes are accessible and well written, and the result is a masterpiece of traditional Italian cookery. The recipes have no introduction except for their Italian names. The recipes tend to be the simple, mouth-watering, almost rustic type, with fresh ingredients and fairly fast cooking times. This is a cookbook to be used, and used often. A must have book for any serious Italian cook.