elena kostioukovitch forewords umberto eco (1 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First American Edition. Dust jacket has light edgewear with two small repairs, red hard covered text is without flaw 7.75 X 9.5" 449 pages Weight over 1 Kg. Author Elena Kostioukovitch is a Russian translator who has lived in Italy for years. Her rich book is an omnium gatherum of historically significant food, the extraordinary diversity of Italian cuisine. She illuminates geography, trade routes, art, ethnicities, pleasures of the table, husbandry, archeology, religion, etymology, pirates, feasts, architecture, monasteries, mosaics. We learn of the gangster's last pleasure and the Slow Food Movement, the Mediterranean diet, the intricacies of pasta married to enhancing sauces. This book is a painting in words of the deepest bonds between foods, ceremony and people. With some colour photographs and a very good map. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage**.