Undiscovered Recipes From The Length Of Italy

Talking with the co-author of a new cookbook from the Milk Street collection

I’m lucky to be a friend of Milk Street, the Boston-based culinary media company founded by Christopher Kimball. Every few months, a box arrives with some new kitchen gear, and in addition, Milk Street sends me its magazine and all its new cookbooks.

When Backroads Italy: Finding Italy’s Forgotten Recipes arrived, I dove in. I knew the photography would …