Delizia! - Brossura

Dickie, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0340896426 ISBN 13: 9780340896426

Casa editrice: Sceptre, 2008

Riassunto

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, Italy's 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 Italy's 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 world's favourite cuisine.

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Recensione:

'Wide-ranging . . . Dickie writes interestingly about the twists and contradictions of Italian food' (Times Literary Supplement)

'Full of fascinating detail' (Independent)

'Much profitable reading is in store. A clever and provoking account of Italy's history . . . informs as well as enlightens' (Guardian)

'Important' (Observer)

'Lots of books are written with passion about Italian food, precious few backed up with the deep historical background here presented in allegro con brio style by a clear-headed historian who rubbishes some too persistent myths and replaces them factual narratives no less fascinating.' (The Times)

Descrizione del libro:

An award-winning new history of Italy told through its food, by the author of the worldwide bestseller COSA NOSTRA

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• Editore: Sceptre
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0340896426
• ISBN 13: 9780340896426
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416