In less than two months, on April 14th, Vegetables the Italian Way will finally be out in the world. And it’s now AVAILABLE for PREORDER.

Before Vegetables the Italian Way comes out, before it lands on your kitchen counter alongside a bunch of slender asparagus and a bottle of olive oil, or finds its place among your cookbooks, there are a few things I would love you to know.

Today, we won’t talk about the number of recipes, how many pages it has, the vegetables it includes, or the Italian regions it covers. Instead, I’d like to tell how it will change your approach to Italian cooking.

There are five things that define Vegetables, the Italian Way.