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Delizia! : the epic history of the Italians and their food /

Author Dickie, John, 1963-
Call Number 641.013 DIC
Publisher New York : Free Press,
Subject Gastronomy -- Italy -- History.
Food habits -- Italy -- History.
Cookery, Italian -- History.
Italy -- Social life and customs.
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Title Statement Delizia! : the epic history of the Italians and their food / John Dickie.
Edition 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Description x, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents Tuscany : don't tell the peasants -- Palermo, 1154 : pasta and the planisphere -- Milan, 1288 : power, providence, and parsnips -- Venice, 1300s : Chinese whispers -- Rome, 1468 : respectable pleasure -- Ferrara, 1529 : a dynasty at table -- Rome, 1549-50 : bread and water for their Eminences -- Bologna, 1600s : the game of cockaigne -- Naples, late 1700s : maccheroni-eaters -- Turin, 1846 : Viva l'Italia! -- Naples, 1884 : Pinocchio hates pizza -- Florence, 1891 : pellegrino Artusi -- Genoa, 1884-1918 : emigrants and prisoners -- Rome, 1925-38 : Mussolini's rustic village -- Turin, 1931 : the Holy Palate tavern -- Milan, 1936 : housewives and epicures -- Rome, 1954 : miracle food -- Bologna, 1974 : mamma's tortellini -- Genoa, 2001-2006 : faulty basil -- Turin, 2006 : peasants to the rescue!
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-353) and index.
ISBN 0743277996
9780743277990
LCCN 2007015302
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Bib No. 1124874
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