Southern Italian Desserts

As a follow-up to her acclaimed My Calabria, Rosetta Costantino collects 75 favorite desserts from her Southern Italian homeland, including the regions of Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia, and Sicily. These areas have a history of rich traditions and tasty, beautiful desserts, many of them tied to holidays and festivals. With fail-proof recipes and information on the desserts’ cultural origins and context, Costantino illuminates the previously unexplored confectionary traditions of this enchanting region.