Cucina Italiana Comes to Brooklyn

An Italian-American Cookbook for the Modern Home Kitchen

For millions of Italian-American families, the food we grew up with didn't come from restaurants. It came from the kitchen. From simmering pots of tomato sauce and trays of baked ziti to Sunday gravy and desserts that took patience, tradition, and love.

As families moved beyond the Little Italy neighborhoods of cities like New York, Boston, and Philadelphia and spread across the country, much of that everyday cooking tradition slowly fa...