If you love Italian food, cooking, eating, and exploring, then this wonderful book is suitable for you! This book is a decades-long journey of the author and his lifelong experiences and love of Italian Food from the beginning of being weaned on Pastina, the first Pasta in a long life of eating Maccheroni (Pasta) as the staple food of his Italian-American family's diet. Moving on to Spaghetti & Meatballs, the author's First Experience in eating White Truffles with Pasta, to dining out in local Italian Restaurants over the years, along with taking several cultural and culinary journeys to the Mother Country, Italy.