Darker than Hamilton-Paterson's previous outing (Cooking With Fernet) starring Gerald Samper, this hilarious sequel skewers British pretension and the glories of expatriate life in Tuscany in floridly comic style. The plot, as such, includes Samper's prosecco-soaked musings, the mysterious disappearance of a neighbor, some misadventures with herbal remedies, a German conductor, and one-armed yachtswoman Millie Cleat. With outrageously inedible recipes.  (ITL806, $14.95)