Why Italians Love to Talk About Food: A Journey Through Italy's Great Regional Cuisines, from the Alps to Sicily
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Author: Elena Kostioukovitch
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Why Italians Love to Talk About Food is a fascinating mix of history, culture, language and cuisine. Covering each of Italy's 20 diverse regions, along with chapters on general themes such as olive oil, slow food, and the Mediterranean diet, it is a gastronomic-cultural guide. Award-winning writer Elena Kostioukovitch shows how each region's traditional cuisine and local specialties have been informed by its culture and history, exposure to foreign influences, geography and landscape, topography and climate, social customs and attitudes, religious canons, politics and economy, and more. Food is a common language which crosses the most diverse social and economic strata. In the end, it is Kostioukovitch's love for Italy itself, even more so than its food, that is her muse and inspiration.
Author: Elena Kostioukovitch
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Why Italians Love to Talk About Food is a fascinating mix of history, culture, language and cuisine. Covering each of Italy's 20 diverse regions, along with chapters on general themes such as olive oil, slow food, and the Mediterranean diet, it is a gastronomic-cultural guide. Award-winning writer Elena Kostioukovitch shows how each region's traditional cuisine and local specialties have been informed by its culture and history, exposure to foreign influences, geography and landscape, topography and climate, social customs and attitudes, religious canons, politics and economy, and more. Food is a common language which crosses the most diverse social and economic strata. In the end, it is Kostioukovitch's love for Italy itself, even more so than its food, that is her muse and inspiration.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Elena Kostioukovitch
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Why Italians Love to Talk About Food is a fascinating mix of history, culture, language and cuisine. Covering each of Italy's 20 diverse regions, along with chapters on general themes such as olive oil, slow food, and the Mediterranean diet, it is a gastronomic-cultural guide. Award-winning writer Elena Kostioukovitch shows how each region's traditional cuisine and local specialties have been informed by its culture and history, exposure to foreign influences, geography and landscape, topography and climate, social customs and attitudes, religious canons, politics and economy, and more. Food is a common language which crosses the most diverse social and economic strata. In the end, it is Kostioukovitch's love for Italy itself, even more so than its food, that is her muse and inspiration.
Author: Elena Kostioukovitch
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Why Italians Love to Talk About Food is a fascinating mix of history, culture, language and cuisine. Covering each of Italy's 20 diverse regions, along with chapters on general themes such as olive oil, slow food, and the Mediterranean diet, it is a gastronomic-cultural guide. Award-winning writer Elena Kostioukovitch shows how each region's traditional cuisine and local specialties have been informed by its culture and history, exposure to foreign influences, geography and landscape, topography and climate, social customs and attitudes, religious canons, politics and economy, and more. Food is a common language which crosses the most diverse social and economic strata. In the end, it is Kostioukovitch's love for Italy itself, even more so than its food, that is her muse and inspiration.
Why Italians Love to Talk About Food: A Journey Through Italy's Great Regional Cuisines, from the Alps to Sicily