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The Oxford Companion to Italian Food
✍️ Riley, Gillian
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Universally acclaimed by the critics, and now available for the first time in paperback, here is an inspiring, wide-ranging, AZ guide to one of the world's best-loved cuisines. Designed for cooks and consumers alike, The Oxford Companion to Italian Food covers all aspects of the history and culture of Italian gastronomy, from dishes, ingredients, and delicacies to cooking methods and implements, regional specialties, the universal appeal of Italian cuisine, influences from outside Italy, and much more. Gillian Riley here celebrates a heritage of amazing richness and delight. She brings equal measures of enthusiasm and expertise to her writing, and her entries read like mini-essays, laced with wit and gastronomical erudition, marked throughout by descriptive brilliance, and entirely free of the pompous tone that afflicts so much writing about food. The Companion is attentive to both tradition and innovation in Italian cooking, and covers an extraordinary range of information. For anyone with a hunger to learn more about the history, culture and variety of Italian cuisine, The Oxford Companion to Italian Food offers endless satisfactions.
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Gillian Riley approaches Italian gastronomy with equal measures of enthusiasm and expertise, successfully avoiding the pompous tone that often afflicts food writing. The entries read as engaging mini-essays attentive to both tradition and innovation. However, this book does not suit readers looking for a traditional step-by-step recipe collection or a quick weeknight dinner guide, as it functions primarily as an A-Z encyclopedia of history and culture rather than a standard cookbook. Those seeking narrative-driven culinary storytelling or strictly practical kitchen formulas may find the reference format less direct.
