This large (336pp), colorful, and well-researched book by Sicilian-born NYC restaurateur Melissa Muller is a wealth of ideas to brighten a cold winter night with dreams of sunny slopes and seashores.

Two of my favorite ways to pass a winter night are planning vacations and planning feasts, and especially planning feasts that relate to vacations! In 2018 we went to Sicily, so the following January, when it was mighty un-Sicilian outside our Plymouth door, we made a feast!

I've made a number of the recipes in it, and they have all worked out well. Of course I have a mental backlog of more recipes to try...