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Lonely Planet: World Food Italy
by: Matthew Evans, Gabriella Cossi

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781864500226
ISBN: 1864500220
Label: Lonely Planet Publications
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: March 01, 2000
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Studio: Lonely Planet Publications
Sales Rank: 313871

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Amazon.co.uk Review:
Most travellers spend less time inside monuments than in restaurants--yet a food itinerary is the last thing they think about before setting out on holiday. Lonely Planet's World Food: Italy, part of a new series from the benchmark travel publisher, makes it clear that eating well is essential to enjoying a culture.

Italian food is so familiar--pasta, pizza, minestrone soup---that a pocket-book on the subject may seem superfluous. Author Matthew Evans recognises this and does his best to point out the food, the markets and the restaurants where regional Italian flair reigns. "Eating in Italy is a revelation", Evans writes, "to see how important eating is for a happy life". The chef-turned-food columnist even offers strategies on what to bring home from Italy: "those (foods) that are either hard to buy or are overpriced: porcini mushrooms ... truffles and olive oil." As with other books in the series, this is for people who like to eat, not a cookbook (there are only nine short recipes).

Though the wine and spirits section will suffice in a pinch, a guide such as Burton Anderson's Pocket Guide to Wines of Italy or the massive Gambero Rosso Slow Food Guide To Italian Wines annual compilation of Italian Wines will supplement this book if your tastes go beyond regional vino di tavola. Evans' glossary of Italian food and menu terms is thorough and, since the book takes up little more room than a mobile phone (another Italian essential accessory), don't be shy about using it. --Kathleen Buckley

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- Delicious Culture
When it comes to touring Italy people often get trapped between ancient buildings, paintings and sculptures, etc. But to really get to know a country's culture you have to taste it! You might even say that you already know the Italian cuisine, that you eat it every day at "Mario's pizza place" or something like that, but Italian food is not only pizza and pasta and especially not real Italian when seasoned with ketchup! The Italian cuisine is rich, colorful and delicious.
Da gustare!
It is important to say that this is not a cookbook, it is a guide, and a very good one, for people who want to know better the Italian cuisine and its restaurants.

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