SteveB wrote:

> Are there some starter cookbooks and ways I can get headed in a new
> direction away from pork chops and fried potatoes and gravy?

Try "braciole di maiale" and "patate fritte e fondo bruno", LOL
Jokes apart, is there any italian cookbook written by an italian cook and
translated in english? I see many books who get discussed here are italian
only in the title, while theyr authors are from UK or USA and tend to
anglicize / americanize recipes and ingredients.
Try to find a cookbook by an italian author.
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