45 Ways To Live Like an Italian: Italian-Inspired Self-Care Traditions for Everyday Happiness

This book uses a variety of Italian traditions to offer self-care tips and other advice that explain how to live “la dolce vita,” or a sweet life. Mautner (Lemons into Limoncello) organizes chapters into themes related to topics such as food, time management, relationships, and lifestyle choices. Each chapter concludes with a “fai da te” (do-it-yourself) section that provides readers with activities or techniques to apply the concepts discussed, enhanced with illustrations by Kimberly Glyder that nicely complement the content. Mautner supplies many suggestions for attaining a lifestyle more attuned to an Italian’s, such as ways to take life at a slower pace, dressing with style, strengthening friendships, living life to the fullest, and appreciating life’s simpler pleasures. Mautner supports her ideas by citing many famous Italian individuals, including actors, artists, composers, philosophers, and writers. The book also includes Italian vocabulary related to cuisine, home remedies, and curse words, references to particular Italian games such as scopa and tombola, and simple recipes for pasta, tomato sauce, and other delectable treats.