Italian Slow and Savory boasts "more than 120 recipes for soups, stews, pasta sauces, braises, roasts, and casseroles”.  Recipes include:  braised pork ribs and sausages smothered in tomatoes and red wine, hearty white bean soup with mussels, fennel-scented beef sauce over polenta, and many more recipes that will allow you "to enjoy dining the way the Italians do – slowly and with savor”.