A colorfully photographed journey through Italy's food scene by a James Beard and IACP Award winner: "Delightful, funnyĀ .Ā .Ā . a wonderful culinary guide." ā
Publishers Weekly
This is not a cookbook.Ā This is something more: a travelogue, a patient investigation of Italy's cuisine, a loving profile of the everyday heroes who bring Italy to the table.Ā
Town by town, bite by bite, Matt Goulding brings Italy to life through intimate portraits of its food culture and the people pushing it in new directions: Three globe-trotting brothers who became the mozzarella kings of Puglia; the pizza police of Naples and the innovative pies that stay one step ahead of the rules; the Barolo Boys who turned the hilly Piedmont into one of the world's great wine regions.
More thanĀ 200 lush color photographs introduce the chefs, shepherds, fisherman, farmers, grandmas, and guardians who power this country's extraordinary culinary traditions. From the pasta temples of Rome to the multicultural markets of Sicily to the family-run, fish-driven trattorias of Lake Como,Ā
Pasta, Pane, Vinoāfrom the author of the award-winning
Grape, Olive, Pig and
Rice, Noodle, Fishācaptures the breathtaking diversity of Italian regional food culture.Ā
"Italy is a beautiful but complicated place, not so much a country as a collection of cultures and cuisines. Matt Goulding expertly navigates its wonders and eccentricities with wisdom and great passion." āAnthony BourdainĀ
"Goulding is pioneering a new type of writing about food." ā
Financial Times

- 367 pages
- English
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword: In Correspondence with Bourdain
- Chapter 1: Rome
- Chapter 2: Puglia
- Chapter 3: Bologna
- Chapter 4: Sicily
- Chapter 5: Naples
- Chapter 6: Sardinia
- Chapter 7: Piedmont
- Chapter 8: Lake Como
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Also Presented by Roads & Kingdoms
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
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