Italian Food (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) - Softcover

David, Elizabeth; Child, Julia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141181559 ISBN 13: 9780141181554

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1999

Synopsis

Elizabeth David's Italian Food was one of the first books to demonstrate the enormous range of Italy's regional cooking. For the foods of Italy, explained David, expanded far beyond minestrone and ravioli, to the complex traditions of Tuscany, Sicily, Lombardy, Umbria, and many other regions. David imparts her knowledge from her many years in Italy, exploring, researching, tasting and testing dishes. Her passion for real food, luscious, hearty, fresh, and totally authentic, will inspire anyone who wishes to recreate the abundant and highly unique regional dishes of Italy. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

About this title

Book Description:

A uniquely sumptuous edition of Elizabeth David's classic work on Italian cooking.

About the Author:

Elizabeth David (1913-1992) published eight books during her lifetime, from the evocative Book of Mediterranean Food in ration-bound 1950 to the masterly English Bread and Yeast Cookery in 1977. Her books are acclaimed not only for their recipes but also for their literary depth. French Provincial Cooking and Italian Food were reissued as Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics in 1999.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0141181559
• ISBN 13: 9780141181554
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416