Eating & Drinking in Italy: Italian Menu Translator and Restaurant Guide, Fourth Edition (Open Road Travel Guides)

Nothing can make a trip to Italy more enjoyable and rewarding than a great dining experience - but you have to know what to order! This handy guide helps readers navigate Italian menus while also steering people to some great Italian restaurants, bistros, cafes, wine shops, and food markets in Italy's big cities. Most of the book is a comprehensive menu reader, translating thousands of Italian words into English. There are also sections on restaurant etiquette, a pronunciation guide, English-to-Italian phrases and words and descriptions of the many different kinds of food and eating establishments in Italy.

Reviews:

"...an opinionated little compendium...the right size for a traveler" - The New York Times

"A charming and whimsical guide...irresistible" - Chicago Tribune

"...a terrific primer for first time visitors...a pack-along must for the less-adventurous eater." - Houston Chronicle

"...elegant." - Minneapolis Tribune

"...opening up the world of good eating with their innovative paperback series." - Salt Lake Tribune

Andy Herbach is a lawyer and professional travel writer.  He is co-author of Open Road’s ‘Eating & Drinking’ menu-translator guides to Paris, Italy, Spain, and Latin America, and is also the author of Open Road’s Paris Made Easy, Open Road’s Best of Paris, Open Road’s Best of Provence & the French Riviera, Europe Made Easy, Berlin Made Easy, and Amsterdam Made Easy.