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In 'Why Italians Love to Talk About Food', Elena Kostioukovitch explores the phenomenon that first struck her as a newcomer to Italy: the Italian 'culinary code', or way of talking about food. Along the way, she captures the fierce local pride that gives Italian cuisine its remarkable diversity.
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'Every decade or so I discover a book that makes me feel I've been waiting for it all my life. Elena Kostioukovitch's 'Why Italians Love to Talk About Food' is one of these books'. --Annie Proulx
'Charming' --New York Times
'Delightful culinary wanderings - mouth-watering descriptions. Why do Italians love to talk about food? The reasons, Kostioukovitch shows, are endless'. --LA Times
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'Charming' --New York Times
'Delightful culinary wanderings - mouth-watering descriptions. Why do Italians love to talk about food? The reasons, Kostioukovitch shows, are endless'. --LA Times
Elena Kostioukovitch is an essayist and literary translator and the recipient of numerous prizes. She has translated a number of Italian works into Russian, including 'The Name of the Rose', 'Foucault's Pendulum', 'Baudolino' and 'The Island of the Day Before'.
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- PublisherGerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0715639889
- ISBN 13 9780715639887
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- Number of pages480
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