Because it’s true home cooking and not elaborate chef-inspired Fusion cuisine.
Because Jews have been in Italy since the second century B.C.E. and have had two thousand years to develop mouth-watering recipes using a variety of delicious local ingredients, now easy to find in our grocery stores.
Because it’s healthy, simply elegant and colorful.
Because with so many vegetables and healthy fats, you may even lose a couple of pounds.
(And if you don’t, at least you will have fun trying!)