Popes, peasants, and shepherds : recipes and lore from Rome and Lazio /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Zanini De Vita, Oretta, 1936-
Uniform title:	Lazio a tavola. English
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	California studies in food and culture ; [42] California studies in food and culture ; 42.
Subject:	Food habits -- Italy -- Rome. Food habits -- Italy -- Lazio. Cooking -- Italy -- Rome. Cooking -- Italy -- Lazio. Italians -- Food. Cooking. Food habits. Italy -- Lazio. Italy -- Rome. Electronic book. Cookbooks. Cookbooks.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11170092

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ISBN:	0520955390 9780520955394 9780520271548 0520271548
Notes:	A revised and expanded edition of Il Lazio a tavola : Guida gastronomica tra storia e tradizioni, originally published in Italian. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The food of Rome and its region, Lazio, is redolent of herbs, olive oil, ricotta, lamb, and pork. It is the food of ordinary, frugal people, yet it is a very modern cuisine in that it gives pride of place to the essential flavors of its ingredients. In this only English-language book to encompass the entire region, the award-winning author of Encyclopedia of Pasta, Oretta Zanini De Vita, offers a substantial and complex social history of Rome and Lazio through the story of its food. Including more than 250 authentic, easy-to-follow recipes, the author leads readers on an exhilarating jo.
Other form:	Print version: 9780520271548 0520271548

Table of Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Translator's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Agrarian Landscape of the Campagna Romana; The Tiber and Fish in Popular Cooking; Water and Aqueducts; Mills on the Tiber: Bread and Pasta in Rome; Rome and Its Gardens; Sheep, Shepherds, and the Pastoral Kitchen; Roads and Taverns; Fairs and Markets; Roman Carnival; The Jewish Kitchen of the Roman Ghetto; The Papal Table; Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli, Poet of the Roman Kitchen; Hollywood on the Tiber; Traditional Sweets; Olives; Etruscan Lands: Viterbo and Tuscia.
Sabina, Land of Olive Trees and Hill TownsFrom the Castelli to the Ciociaria; Buffalo Country: The Pontine Marshes; Coastal Lazio and the Sea; Recipes; Thoughts on the Interpretation of Italian Recipes; Primi piatti . First Courses; Secondi piatti . Main Dishes; Verdure e legumi . Vegetables and Legumes; Sfizi . Savories; Condimenti . Sauces and Condiments; Dolci . Sweets; Glossary of Terms and Ingredients; Notes; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Recipe Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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