The Oxford Companion to Italian Food

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 world's 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.


Author: Gillian Riley
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/01/2009
Pages: 672
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.32w x 1.58d
ISBN13: 9780195387100
ISBN10: 0195387104
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | Italian
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
- Reference | Word Lists

About the Author

Gillian Riley is a food historian. She has written many books on food in art such as Renaissance Recipes and Impressionistic Picnics and is the author of A Feast for the Eyes, the National Gallery Cookbook. She lives in London. She is the winner of the 2009 Scritture d'Acqua award.

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