Italian Street Food

Italian Street Food takes you behind the piazzas, down the back streets and into the tiny bars and cafes to bring you traditional, local recipes that are rarely seen outside of Italy. With beautiful stories and photography throughout, Italian Street Food brings an old and much-loved cuisine into a whole new light.

Celebrate good food with authentic recipes of polpettine, arancini, piadine, cannoli, and crostoli. Perfect your gelato-making skills with authentic Italian flavours such as lemon ricotta, peach and basil, and panettone flavour. 

The author Paola Bacchia was born to Italian migrant parents, learning traditional recipes. Check out her award winning Instagram and blog Italy On My Mind! Cook with her on her online class, or learn more Italian recipes in her other two cookbooks from Smith Street Books: Adriatico and Istria.