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DELIZIA!
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| By: |
John Dickie |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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£13.12 |
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£1.87 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0340896418 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780340896419 |
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| Publisher: |
HODDER & STOUGHTON GENERAL DIVISION |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2008 |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Description: |
Award-winning new history of Italy told through its food, by the author of the worldwide bestseller COSA NOSTRA |
| Synopsis: |
Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well? The advertising industry tells us the answer lies in the vineyards and olive groves of Tuscany - among sun-weathered peasants, and mammas serving pasta under the pergola. Yet this nostalgic fantasy has little to do with the real history of Italian cuisine.For a thousand years, Italys cities have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money, and power. So Italian food is city food, and telling its story means telling the story of the Italians as a people of city dwellers. In DELIZIA! the author of the acclaimed COSA NOSTRA takes a revelatory historical journey through the flavours of Italys cities. From the bustle of Medieval Milan, to the bombast of Fascist Rome; from the pleasure gardens of Renaissance Ferrara, to the putrid alleyways of nineteenth-century Naples. In rich slices of urban life, DELIZIA! shows how violence and intrigue, as well as taste and creativity, combined to make the worlds favourite cuisine. |
| Illustrations: |
24pp colour & b/w line drawings |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Sceptre |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Andre Simon Memorial Fund Award: Special Commendation 2007 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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