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A cultural and culinary celebration of everything that makes Italian cuisine great, from Rome's resident gastronomic expert After a lifetime of living and eating in Rome, Elizabeth Minchilli is an expert on the city's cuisine. While she's proud to share everything she knows about Rome, she now wants to show her devoted readers that the rest of Italy is a culinary treasure trove just waiting to be explored. Far from being a monolithic gastronomic culture, each region of Italy offers its own specialties. While fava beans mean one thing in Rome, they mean an entirely different thing in Puglia. Risotto in a Roman trattoria? Don't even consider it. Visit Venice and not eat cichetti? Unthinkable.
Eating My Way Through Italy, celebrates the differences in the world's favorite cuisine.
Divided geographically,
Eating My Way Through Italy looks at all the different aspects of Italian food culture. Whether it's pizza in Naples, deep fried calamari in Venice, anchovies in Amalfi, an elegant dinner in Milan, gathering and cooking capers on Pantelleria, or hunting for truffles in Umbria each chapter includes, not just anecdotes, personal stories and practical advice, but also recipes that explore the cultural and historical references that make these subjects timeless.
For anyone who follows Elizabeth on her blog Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome, read her previous book
Eating Rome, or used her brilliant phone app Eat Italy to dine well,
Eating My Way Through Italy, is a must.
List of contents
1. Food in Mind...
2. Capesante, Scampi, and Vingole in the Suburbs of Venice
3. Barrels of Balsamico in Emilia-Romagna
4. Stuffing Myself with Stuffed Pasta
5. Risotto, Cassoela, and an Understated Sense of Style in Milan
6. A Crash Course in Parmigiano Reggiano
7. A Sense of Place and a Bowl of Farinata: The Soul of Florence
8. Hunting for Truffles: Umbria Part One
9. From Farm to Table: Umbria Part Two
10. My Olive Oil Story: Umbria Part Three
11. Rustic Sardinia and the Secret of Su Filindeu
12. Naples: Where All Roads Lead to Pizza
13. Gragnano: Home of Artisanally Dried Pasta
14. Fishing for Anchovies on the Amalfi Coast
15. Eating Meat in Puglia
16. The Bari Chronicles: The Pasta-Making Ladies of Bari Vecchia
18. Savory Sicily
19. Sweet Sicily
20. Home to Rome...and an Escape to Paradise
21. The Next Trip
About the author
Elizabeth Minchilli
