Honoring Italian food, culture, and the author's heritage, this delightful cookbook-cum-memoir combines delectable recipes with engrossing anecdotes about growing up Italian in Australia's Mornington Peninsula. Simple, fresh, and seasonal ingredients tempt taste buds with more than 80 recipes, while vivid recollections of the produce-filled garage and garden of Mirabella's childhood tickle the mind. From the texture and details of his parents' kitchen to the generations-old recipes Mirabella lovingly shares, this is a luscious exploration of both the tangible and cerebral ingredients—such as extravagance, generosity, love, tradition, and life—that are at the core of Italian cuisine.