Food Wine The Italian Riviera & Genoa (The Terroir Guides)

Food Wine The Italian Riviera & Genoa (The Terroir Guides)
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Most food guides for Italy suffer from the â€œtoo-much, too-littleâ€ syndrome. The territory is vast, yet for each city and village they rarely provide enough information. This guide focuses on a manageable territoryâ€“Liguriaâ€“and covers it in depth with an emphasis on understanding the local culture through its food. This is not an encyclopedic volume but a renowned food writerâ€™s highly selective guide to Liguriaâ€™s authentic small eateries, culinary traditions, wine, wineries, food artisans, and gourmet shops. (The â€œbigâ€ restaurants are covered in a short and amusing sidebar that lists the places that everyone knows and can read about in any guide or on the Internet: a tip of the hat to the great toques, but many other suggestions are given so the reader can dine elsewhere. In Italy, the restaurants Michelin rewards with multiple stars have little to do with regional or local food.) Recommendations center on â€œwhere the locals eat.â€ The book is also lavishly photographed, perfect for the armchair traveler. There is a glossary ofÂ food items andÂ unusual specialties, as well as a typical Ligurian menu, detailed indexes, many sidebars, and a map.

Learn all about the savory Ligurian flatbread called farinata (and where to buy farinata baking pans), garlic (raw in local dishes, braids, the pink heirloom variety from the village of Vessalico,Â and the villageâ€™s annual garlic festival), pesto mania (and a profile of theÂ hothouses of the western Genoese suburb of PrÃ that produce what most Italians and 99.9 percent of Ligurians claim to be the worldâ€™s best commercially grown basil) and which restaurants serve authentic mortar-and-pestle-made pesto, as well as dozens of other regional topics.
Country USA
Brand New York Review Books
Manufacturer Little Bookroom
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Colour photographs
Color White
ReleaseDate 2008-11-18
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781892145642

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review Books
Manufacturer	Little Bookroom
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Colour photographs
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2008-11-18
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781892145642

Food Wine The Italian Riviera & Genoa (The Terroir Guides)

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