Kristin Harmel - Italian for Beginners

Pros: A light, fun read perfect for summer. Included (vegetarian) recipes are simple and delicious.
Cons: Formulaic, relies heavily on the plot of Roman Holiday, not much Italian despite the title.

Cat Connelly lives a perfectly safe - if boring - existence. The daughter of an Irish father and an Italian mother, she's spent her life being who she thought others wanted her to be: organized, responsible, and always there to cook, clean, or dole out ...