The Food of Italy - Hardcover

Root, Waverley Lewis,

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689104669 ISBN 13: 9780689104664

Publisher: Scribner, 1971

Synopsis

Calling on Waverley Root's "intimate knowledge of and exuberant enthusiasm for Italian food," this is a comprehensive and expert look at Italian food and Italian food culture. 751 pages. Over 50 b&w illustrations. 12 maps.

"Region by province, city by town, and hamlet by countryside he has surveyed the growing, harvesting, preparation, serving, and eating of foods and wines."

An historically important book, Root begins with the Etruscans and Italian Greeks and discusses all of Italy's food cultures with winning prose.

About this title

Review

The Food of Italy is the book to get if you're traveling there. You know about the Coliseum, you've heard about the canals of Venice, but what should you order? Waverly Root supplies the answers in this travelogue focusing on the foods of various regions in Italy. Root, who made his living as a foreign correspondent and has written several volumes on his penchant for food, is an excellent guide whose descriptions will convince globetrotters that there's much more to travel than sightseeing. Along with The Food of France, this book won the 1990 James Beard Cookbook Award.

From the Back Cover

For many years this marvelously evocative book has been essential reading for the traveler wanting to savor the cuisine of Italy as well as to tour its cities and countryside. And it has been equally indispensable for the cook wishing to capture the subtleties of the Italian palate in his or her own kitchen. With great learning and omnivorous curiosity, Waverley Root explores all of the byways of a cuisine so nuanced that event the basic ragu Bolognese has some two hundred variations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0689104669
• ISBN 13: 9780689104664
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 750