Eating Up Italy: Voyages on a Vespa
by Fort, Matthew
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0007190980
- ISBN 13
- 9780007190980
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Fourth Estate, London, 2004. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 320 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. In an epic scooter trip from the Ionian Sea to the foot of the Alps, distiguished food writer Matthew Fort explores the local gastronomy and culinary culture of a country where regional differences are still vibrantly alive. In no other country is food so much a part of everyday life as it is in Italy. Matthew Fort's plan is a simple one: to travel by scooter from Melito di Porto Salvo - the southernmost town in Italy and where Garibaldi landed in 1860 to begin his conquest of Naples - to Turin in the north, eating drinking, talking and noting as he goes. Passing through Calabria - rich in spices, Arabian-influences of almonds and dried fruits, as well as Spanish chocolate (Fichi al Ciocolatto, mostacciolo) - and on to Campania - from where the historic Nepalese pizza has become infamous - Fort discovers the rich connection between historical tradition and cuisine. The Italian genius for combining abundance and thrift is evident from the economy of the mountainous and sparse landscape of Molise, where much use is made of pastas and chillies, and adjoining lush Abruzzo, with its delicious cheeses and risottos. Fort travels on to Emilia-Romagna, where much of what we have come to love in Italian food can be found: prosciutto di Parma, mortadella, ravioli, taggliatelle and zamponi!In Piedmont, the wine-and-truffle country stretching from the shadow of the Alps through arable flatlands, the cooking of France and Northern Europe fuses with that of Italy. This enticing sum of parts - the dishes, producers, ingredients, consumers and eating occasions - make up nothing less than a contemporary portrait of the country. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Italy; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0007190980. ISBN/EAN: 9780007190980. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3091. . 9780007190980
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3091
- Title
- Eating Up Italy: Voyages on a Vespa
- Author
- Fort, Matthew
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (Stiff Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007190980
- ISBN 13
- 9780007190980
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- BZDB137 italy, food, cooking, travel, cuisine, vespa Cooking, Wine & Dining; Italy; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0007190980 EAN: 9780007190980 Fort, Matthew Eating Up Italy: Voyages on a Vespa
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