Buon appetito, your holiness : the secrets of the Papal table / Mariangela Rinaldi and Mariangela Vicini; translated from the Italian by Adam Victor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rinaldi, Mariangela.

Contributor:

Vicini, Mariangela.

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Cooking, Italian.

Popes.

Papacy--History.

Papacy.

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 377 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First North American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Time Warner Trade Pub., [2000]

Summary:

That many of the Popes throughout the two millennia of Christianity lived and ate well is common knowledge. This vivid history of the papacy reveals not only the culinary secrets of the papal kitchens but offers many of the favorite recipes with which the Holy Fathers regaled themselves. We meet the thirteenth-century Pope, Martin IV, whose excessive love of eels literally killed him; Leo X, who favored sugared capons covered in gold leaf, and Pius IX, who always ate a simple but nutritious lunch, punctually at two o'clock, washed down with a glass of fine Bordeaux.-- This fascinating cookbook will both intrigue and tempt contemporary cooks to emulate the tastes of the Holy Fathers.-- This is a history of the papacy from a very special culinary viewpoint.-- This cookbook offers a colorful historical fresco of the foods of Italy and Europe throughout the past 2000 years and a remarkable glimpse through the often secret portals of St. Peter's.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-364) and indexes.

ISBN:

1559705574

OCLC:

44578983