Whether your budget has been busted by soaring travel costs or you just can’t stomach the airport chaos of this summer’s constant cancellations and endless delays, there’s a good chance your dreams of sipping wine in Tuscany or strolling the fashionable streets of Milan have been dashed.

To get you there in spirit, we’ve rounded up the 10 most fabulous Italian cookbooks that will transform your kitchen, sofa, or garden into that Italy escape you’ve been longing for, even if just for a moment. From exhaustive classic compendiums to modern guides of previously unexplored niches, you’ll find a whole lot more than just pasta on this list (although there’s plenty of that, too!).