Publisher Smith Street Books released “Mangia: How to Eat Your Way Through Italy” worldwide in March 2025, offering readers a passport to Italy’s 20 distinct regions, each with its own culinary dialect.

The author, Maria Pasquale, is an award-winning food journalist with over a decade of immersion in Italian culture. She has crafted a work that goes beyond the familiar tropes of pasta and pizza, inviting readers to explore the hidden sagre (food festivals) of Umbria, the ancient olive groves of Sardinia, and the time-honored traditions of Calabrian licorice-making.