Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Also by Kamin Mohammadi -- Title Page -- Contents -- Epigraph -- Prologue -- 1 JANUARY 2008: Festina Lente or how to slow down -- Bruschetta con pomodori -- Pinzimonio -- 2 FEBRUARY: La Dolce Vita or how to taste the sweetness of life -- Pasta con pomodoro -- Fennel and blood orange salad -- 3 MARCH: La Festa delle Donne or how to celebrate being a woman -- Ribollita -- Spaghetti with peas alla Fiorentina -- 4 APRIL: Fare l'amore or how to take a lover -- Artichoke omelette -- Young artichoke and Parmesan salad -- 5 MAY: Mangia mangia or how to eat and not put on weight -- Tuna with capers and tomato sauce -- Fresh broad bean and pecorino salad -- 6 JUNE: Perduta or how to lose your head -- Pasta with courgettes -- Wild rocket and Parmesan salad -- 7 JULY: Piacere a te stessa or how to take pleasure in yourself -- Sour cherry jam -- Natural yoghurt -- 8 AUGUST: Femminilità or how style has nothing to do with money -- Panzanella -- Caprese 'farro' salad -- 9 SEPTEMBER: Stare in forma or how to never need a gym again -- Fig and ricotta tart -- Fig jam -- 10 OCTOBER: Sprezzatura or the power of studied nonchalance -- Pasta con aglio, olio e peperoncino -- Tagliatelle ai funghi porcini -- Bistecca Fiorentina -- Bernardo's peperonata -- 11 NOVEMBER: Amore or how to find true love -- Tagliolini with truffles -- King's Breakfast: fried egg with white truffle -- 12 DECEMBER: Stare insieme or how to be together -- Tortellini with capon broth -- Cavolo nero with oil and lemon -- Lentils with pancetta -- Epilogue -- 2017 -- How to bring the bella figura home -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on the Author -- Advert Page -- Copyright Page.