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The best books about Italian cuisine

La cucina italiana! Italian food! Taste. Colour. Smell. Sensations. Enjoyment. This culinary stream of consciousness can continue indefinitely.

We, gourmets and gluttons, going crazy with just one phrase - "Italian cuisine" - are ready not only to try it in the literal sense, "by the tooth", but also to absorb with all available senses, watch films and read fiction and culinary books about one of the most famous cuisines in the world.

I present to you a list of books that can conditionally be combined under the title "Vivat, Italian Cuisine!" I suggest, my dear readers, to add in the comments to the article in this list those publications that you thought were appetizing and worthy of attention.

Elizabeth Gilbert "Yes. Pray. Love."

The first part of the semi-artistic-semi-documentary book that thundered several years ago is dedicated to Italy, where the heroine is finally cured of depression and comprehends the art of enjoying life. Comprehension for the most part does not take place in museum halls (although in them too), but in pizzerias, gelatories, osteria, trattorias, pastries and other places where Liz tastes Italy.

"Holy heaven! Thin, soft, cool, springy, tasty, crumbly, salty, heavenly pizza dough. On top is a sweet tomato sauce that turns into a bubbly creamy foam, mixed with melted fresh buffalo milk mozzarella, and in the middle of all this splendor "The one and only twig of the basil that fills the whole pizza with a spicy aroma, like a movie star in a sparkling dress in the center of the hall, next to which everyone present feels like stars."

Victoria Cosford "Amore and Amaretti"

There is already a separate article about this wonderful tasty book. But I warn you: stock up on a fair amount of willpower, otherwise, you can’t resist and get a few pounds to the book’s finale!

Jamie Oliver "My Italy"


Some particularly attentive readers claim that the non-Italian Oliver was able to write a travel cookbook, which is almost more exciting for Italian authors. The book is designed in such a way that the reader travels with Oliver through Italy, comprehending her famous cuisine. As always, Oliver offers not just a set of products, but a whole show.

Minestone, tiramisu, risotto, antipasti (that is, snacks), vegetables and much more offers to cook with him the famous Englishman.

Julia Vysotskaya "In Search of Tiramisu"

Those who like the style of Julia Vysotskaya, who seems to be talking with her closest friend (namely, with you), the book will be liked without any doubt. Light and laid-back style, a sea of ​​recipes, a huge number of vivid photographs, as well as a surprise - the addresses of especially "tasty" places and music that inspired the author when creating the book.

Matthew Fort "Sicily. Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons"

Luxurious "delicious" reading is somewhat reminiscent of "Amore and Amaretti." Namely, with its unhurried, almost meditative description of all the meals of the protagonist, who almost at the age of retirement decided to travel around the island of his love - Sicily.

“As one dish followed another, my trouser belt slammed deeper into my body, and my whole being begged for mercy, but, incited by shouts:“ Eat like a Sicilian! ”, I waded through this abundance. Around me, the guests ate as temperamently as they talked, and the women did not lag behind the men! ”

Michael Tucker "Italy: Wine, Food, Love"

Umbrian hills do not leave anyone indifferent, including the American couple who decided to start a new life in Italy.

“For example, only six months later we learned that in the house next to the church (there is a curtain hanging at the entrance) there is a Gloria vegetable shop where the freshest and best fruits and vegetables grown in the district are sold. Neither a sign at the entrance nor a sign - If Karen hadn’t told us about this shop, we would have passed by now, unaware of its existence. The same story happened with the Hugo shop. Do you think the newspaper prints ads that it makes the most delicious prosciutto in the world? No, of course. You just need to know "

Buy the book "Italy: wine, food, love"

Valentino Bontempi "Italian cuisine. La Pappa Italiana"

The famous chef offers you quite simple step-by-step recipes that are easy to prepare even for beginners. Want ugly but tasty cookies with nuts? Yes, the chef deigns to joke like that. But seriously, the recipes are traditional: Florentine vegetables, vegetable lasagna, papardelle with hare, scallop with creamy tomato sauce and sweet garlic, beef and Parma ham cutlets with capers and lemon ...

In short, if you want traditional Italy, Bontempi will help you!

Ella Martino "Taste of Tuscany"

Ella is an absolutely real character, blogger, blonde and just a lover, like all of us, Italy.

The book is simply saturated with the bright sun, the taste of olive oil, the smell of freshly baked bread and spicy Italian herbs.

Friends! Of course, to make a more detailed and complete list of books about Italy and Italian cuisine, it would take me a year of serious research work in the trattorias and oysters of mom of Italy with a glass of dry wine, carefully tasting all the dishes on offer. I even agree to sacrifice my two or three kilograms to make the monograph solid and solid.

But maybe try to continue this list together? Enjoy your meal!

Watch the video: The best books on Italian Food, recommended by Ruth Roger (November 2024).

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