Overview
The natural follow-up to La Cucina, this book offers up a more authentic take on Italian cooking than almost any cookbook in the category. It will appeal to fans of Lidia Bastianich and Mario Batali who seek a more direct insight into Italian cooking, straight from the source. With 1,000 recipes from all of Italy's regions, this book offers striking breadth and depth. These aren't 'chef recipes,' but dishes from humble restaurants that serve cuisine specific to their home areas. This is imminently cookable Italian food. With thorough headnotes that offer fascinating cultural detail, these are more than mere instructions for cooking – together they make up a guide to a much-admired and much-desired way of life.
Full Product Details
Author: Slow Food Editore ,
Natalie Danford ,
Natalie Danford
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Imprint: Rizzoli International Publications
Dimensions:
Width: 18.80cm
, Height: 4.60cm
, Length: 26.20cm
Weight: 1.678kg
ISBN: 9780847859986
ISBN 10: 0847859983
Pages: 506
Publication Date: 26 September 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Replaced By: 9780789339638
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
The international organization scoured the Italian countryside to collect recipes from homegrown chefs who share their knowledge of local ingredients, cooking techniques that vary from region to region (and even from town to town), and charming culinary customs. --Publishers Weekly
The international organization scoured the Italian countryside to collect recipes from homegrown chefs who share their knowledge of local ingredients, cooking techniques that vary from region to region (and even from town to town), and charming culinary customs. --Publishers Weekly Slow Food, the international defender of local food traditions, scoured the countryside of every region of Italy to collect and share the best traditional recipes from osterie, the humble local taverns that preserve the heritage of true Italian cooking. OSTERIA: 1,000 GENEROUS AND SIMPLE RECIPES FROM ITALY'S BEST LOCAL RESTAURANTS is the culmination of that research -- offering recipes that highlight ingenuity with rustic ingredients and the warm hospitality of these off-the-beaten-track gems where we all dream of dining. --Slow Food USA
Author Information
Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization. It was founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food traditions, counteract the rise of fast life, and combat people's dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, and how food choices affect the world around us. Founded in Italy, it is now active in more than 160 countries and involves millions of participants.
