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Dinner in Rome

By Andreas Viestad

Dinner in Rome

By Andreas Viestad

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With a celebrated food writer as host, a delectable history of Roman cuisine and the world--served one dish at a time. Now in paperback.

"There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum," writes Andreas Viestad in Dinner in Rome. From the table of a classic Roman restaurant, Viestad takes us on a fascinating culinary exploration of the Eternal City and global civilization. Food, he argues, is history's secret driving force. Viestad finds deeper meanings in his meal: He uses the bread that begins his dinner to trace the origins of wheat and its role in Rome's rise as well as its downfall. With his fried artichoke antipasto, he explains olive oil's part in the religious conflict of sixteenth-century Europe. And, from his sorbet dessert, he recounts how lemons featured in the history of the Mafia in the nineteenth century and how the hunger for sugar fueled the slave trade. Viestad's dinner may be local, but his story is universal. His "culinary archaeology" is an entertaining, flavorful journey across the dinner table and time. Readers will never look at spaghetti carbonara the same way again.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
232
Release Date:
2023-10-13
Publication Date:
2023-10-17
Publisher:
Reaktion Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1789147824
ISBN13:
9781789147827
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
214 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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