In Al Dente, William Black travels the length and breadth of Italy to get to the roots of Italian food.
Taking readers across the country’s regions and beyond in the first book in Reaktion’s new Foods and Nations series, Al Dente explores our obsession with Italian food and how the country’s cuisine became what it is today.
There are the bloodthirsty antics of an eighteenth-century executioner who worked for the pope, stories of immolation, architecture and artichokes, and a telephone interview with a nun who makes Eucharistic wafers.
An inside look into the world of pasta and how it shapes our lives today. Whether spaghetti and sunday gravy or a fancy truffle and mushroom risotto, this book will cover all the main points for you from beginning to end.
In "Al Dente," William Black travels the length and breadth of Italy to get to the roots of Italian food.
How Italians really cook back home.