Chirpy Jamie Oliver takes off for Tuscany and elsewhere in Jamie’s Italy (Hyperion, $44.95). Besides his new cookbook, stock your cucina with extra-virgin olive oil, olives, and arborio rice so you’ll be ready, and that means right down to the cookware. A new alliance has begat the Jamie Oliver Italian Series by T-fal, in very cool-looking brushed aluminum with nonstick interiors. Prices range from $159.99 for a 26-centimetre frying pan to $379.99 for a 24-centimetre pasta pot with integral strainer. Try the Bay, and for more Jamie fixes, watch him Rome-ing around on FoodTV.