The Oxford Companion to Italian Food (Oxford Companions)

Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780195387100
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 0195387104
Item Dimensions:158924240632
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Languages:EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 672
Publication Date: April 01, 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA

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Product Description:
Universally acclaimed by the critics, and now available for the first time in paperback, here is an inspiring, wide-ranging, AZ guide to one of the worlds best-loved cuisines. Designed for cooks and consumers alike, The Oxford Companion to Italian Food covers all aspects of the history and culture of Italian gastronomy, from dishes, ingredients, and delicacies to cooking methods and implements, regional specialties, the universal appeal of Italian cuisine, influences from outside Italy, and much more.

Gillian Riley here celebrates a heritage of amazing richness and delight. She brings equal measures of enthusiasm and expertise to her writing, and her entries read like mini-essays, laced with wit and gastronomical erudition, marked throughout by descriptive brilliance, and entirely free of the pompous tone that afflicts so much writing about food. The Companion is attentive to both tradition and innovation in Italian cooking, and covers an extraordinary range of information.

For anyone with a hunger to learn more about the history, culture and variety of Italian cuisine, The Oxford Companion to Italian Food offers endless satisfactions

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