Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought this book because I wanted to make authentic Italian recipes and thought the recipes in this book would be original ... not the case! As an example, I made the carbonara in this book which calls for (among other ingredients) ... "4 cloves of garlic" & "1/4 cup dry white wine" & "2 Large Eggs". Upon further research, an authentic Italian carbonara has no garlic, no white wine and only the yolks of eggs. I have found several recipes in this book already which are not true to the original recipes. Granted, this may not worry some people, but please bare in mind that if you are looking for true authentic Italian recipes ... look elsewhere. This book will not give it to you. I found much more success in googling "carbonara originale ricetta" ... which is Italian for "original carbonara recipe" to find an authentic recipe. Plenty of easy videos online to follow. If you make the carbonara mentioned in this book you are missing out on what an authentic carbonara actually tastes like ... which is much better! Not sure what all the hype is about this book. Disappointing and unauthentic.