Pizza - A Global History

Informationen zum Autor Carol Helstosky is Associate Professor of History at the University of Denver, USA. She is the author of Garlic and Oil: Politics of Food in Italy (2004) and Food Culture in the Mediterranean (2009). Klappentext The history of the pizza in Italy, the United States and around the world, charting its rise from the 18th century slums of Naples to worldwide fast food phenomenon. Exploring how each country customises it to suit their own cultures, even though it still retains its straightforward form and ingredients. With many illustrations and regional recipes. Zusammenfassung Originally a food for the poor in eighteenth-century Naples! pizza is a source of national and regional pride in Italy as well as of cultural identity. This title documents the history and cultural life of this chameleon-like food.

Product details

• Authors: Carol Helstosky, Carol F. Helstosky
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2008
• EAN: 9781861893918
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-391-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: The Edible Series; Edible; Edible (Reaktion Books); Edible; The Edible Series; Edible (Reaktion Books)
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Kochen, Essen und Trinken, NON-CLASSIFIABLE, COOKING / General, Cookery / food & drink etc, Gift books, Cookery / food and drink / food writing, Gift and novelty books / items