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Author Zanini De Vita, Oretta, 1936-

Title Popes, peasants, and shepherds : recipes and lore from Rome and Lazio / Oretta Zanini De Vita ; Translated by Maureen B. Fant ; with a foreword by Ernesto Di Renzo.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series California studies in food and culture ; [42]
California studies in food and culture ; 42.
Note A revised and expanded edition of Il Lazio a tavola : Guida gastronomica tra storia e tradizioni, originally published in Italian.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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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Subject Food habits -- Italy -- Rome.
Food habits.
Italy -- Rome.
Food habits -- Italy -- Lazio.
Italy -- Lazio.
Cooking -- Italy -- Rome.
Cooking.
Cooking -- Italy -- Lazio.
Italians -- Food.
Italians.
Food.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Cookbooks.
Cookbooks.
Added Title Lazio a tavola. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012066487
Other Form: Print version: 9780520271548 0520271548 (DLC) 2012038610
ISBN 0520955390 (electronic book)
9780520955394 (electronic book)
9780520271548 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520271548 (cloth ; alkaline paper)