| Edition |
First Free Press hardcover edition. |
| Description |
x, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-353) and index. |
| Contents |
Tuscany : don't tell the peasants -- Palermo, 1154 : pasta and the planisphere -- Milan, 1288 : power, providence, and parsnips -- Venice, 1300s : Chinese whispers -- Rome, 1468 : respectable pleasure -- Ferrara, 1529 : a dynasty at table -- Rome, 1549-50 : bread and water for their Eminences -- Bologna, 1600s : the game of cockaigne -- Naples, late 1700s : maccheroni-eaters -- Turin, 1846 : Viva l'Italia! -- Naples, 1884 : Pinocchio hates pizza -- Florence, 1891 : pellegrino Artusi -- Genoa, 1884-1918 : emigrants and prisoners -- Rome, 1925-38 : Mussolini's rustic village -- Turin, 1931 : the Holy Palate tavern -- Milan, 1936 : housewives and epicures -- Rome, 1954 : miracle food -- Bologna, 1974 : mamma's tortellini -- Genoa, 2001-2006 : faulty basil -- Turin, 2006 : peasants to the rescue! |
| Subject |
Gastronomy -- Italy -- History.
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Food habits -- Italy -- History.
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Cooking, Italian -- History.
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Italy -- Social life and customs.
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| ISBN |
0743277996 |
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9780743277990 |
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