Eating Up Italy - Matthew Fort

Eating Up Italy

Voyages on a Vespa

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Buch | Hardcover
320 Seiten
2004
Fourth Estate Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84115-347-6 (ISBN)
21,15 inkl. MwSt
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Italy’s tumultuous history can be traced through its food. In an epic scooter trip from the Ionian Sea to the far north, distiguished food writer Matthew Fort explores the local gastronomy and culinary culture of a country where regional differences are 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, 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, tagliatelle 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.

Matthew Fort has nursed a passion for the whole of Italy and its foods since his first visit at the age of eleven. Whilst pursuing a career in advertising he started writing about food in the Financial Times and eventually became Food & Drink editor of the Guardian in 1989. As well as continuing to hold that post, he writes for Esquire, the Observer, Country Living, Decanter and Food Illustrated.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.5.2004
Zusatzinfo 20 b/w illus, 16 col plates (16pp)
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 154 x 216 mm
Gewicht 810 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Essen / Trinken Länderküchen
Reisen Reiseberichte Europa
ISBN-10 1-84115-347-8 / 1841153478
ISBN-13 978-1-84115-347-6 / 9781841153476
Zustand Neuware
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