Let's Eat Italy!

From the same team that created Letdsquo;s Eat France! comes this celebration of Italian food in the form of an oversized, obsessively complete, visual feast of a book. With a mix of gastronomy, food science, history, cultural references, legend, lore, charts, graphs, photos, and illustrations, every one of the 400 pages in Let squo;s Eat Italy! is an alluring and amusing journey into Italian food.
 
Readers will find recipes for classic Italian dishes spanning all regions, like pappa al pomodoro, Bolognese, risi e bisi, risotto, focaccia, frittata, and so much moreedash;all accompanied by photos and delightfully entertaining information on the origins and modern uses of the foods. Theretsquo;s an ode to the panettone, the traditional Christmas sweet delight. A dedication to the magic of basil, Italy>squo;s Tdquo;royaladquo; herb. A love story between pasta and potatoes that examines the many dishes that marry these two starches in delicious harmony. And, of course, pasta information aplenty; itksquo;s featured in guides like that on the ultimate noodle, spaghetti, which includes all the different forms, the top spaghetti artisans in Italy, and the semolina flour mills and farmers. True Italians speak espresso, so readers will delight in the poster-like graphic that depicts 27 different types of espresso drinks. Tips for the kitchen include cooking beans in a chianti bottle