This book is the single most important work of my life. It represents decades of enjoying and working with food and the people I love most in this world. -Rachael

If you're like Rachael Ray, you'll agree that there is something comforting and heart-warming about a heaping plate of perfectly cooked spaghetti with moist and tender meatballs covered in a luscious, dark-red tomato sauce. Now, in Everyone Is Italian on Sunday, Rachael invites you into her home to share her family's culinary history and the recipes that have shaped her life and career.

For Rachael, Italian food-spinach gnocchi, linguine puttanesca, chicken saltimbocca, pizza capricciosa-has the power to summon cherished, happy memories. In this one indispensable book, she has brought together signature recipes for the traditional Italian staples that she grew up with and still cooks for her family and friends today. From arancini to saffron gnocchetti sardi, from small bites to hearty meals, from her sister's favorite Italian desserts to her husband's Italian ingredient-inspired cocktails, here is a treasury of delicious dishes to prepare with love and devour with gusto.