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Delizia! : the epic history of the Italians and their food
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- Creator
- John Dickie
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First Free Press hardcover edition
- New York : Free Press, 2008
- Physical Details
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- x, 367 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0743277996, 9780743277990, 9780743278072, 0743278070
- OCLC
- ocn123232322
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-353) and index.
- Tuscany : don't tell the peasants -- Palermo, 1154 : pasta and the planisphere -- Milan, 1288 : power, providence, and parsnips -- Venice, 1300s : Chinese whispers -- Rome, 1468 : respectable pleasure -- Ferrara, 1529 : a dynasty at table -- Rome, 1549-50 : bread and water for their Eminences -- Bologna, 1600s : the game of cockaigne -- Naples, late 1700s : maccheroni-eaters -- Turin, 1846 : Viva l'Italia! -- Naples, 1884 : Pinocchio hates pizza -- Florence, 1891 : pellegrino Artusi -- Genoa, 1884-1918 : emigrants and prisoners -- Rome, 1925-38 : Mussolini's rustic village -- Turin, 1931 : the Holy Palate tavern -- Milan, 1936 : housewives and epicures -- Rome, 1954 : miracle food -- Bologna, 1974 : mamma's tortellini -- Genoa, 2001-2006 : faulty basil -- Turin, 2006 : peasants to the rescue!