Italian festival food : recipes and traditions from Italy's regional country food fairs / Anne Bianchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bianchi, Anne, 1948-

Contributor:

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, Italian.

Penn Provenance:

Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)

Physical Description:

xxi, 490 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Macmillan, [1999]

Summary:

Italy is a nation that likes nothing as much as an extravagant party with wonderful food. Throughout its twenty regions, people celebrate with feste patronale, religious festivals, as well as sagre, which are secular events paying tribute to specific foods. The region of Gubbio boasts of a festival dedicated to the enjoyment of truffles. The festival in Piediluco takes the local bounty of fish to new culinary heights. The many other festivals celebrate everything from crabs to chestnuts to soups--as well as popular Italian favorites like risotto and polenta.

Anne Bianchi's Italian Festival Food is a celebration of the foods from these wonderful gatherings. The foods of the sagre and the feste patronale are prepared by village residents who are known for their excellent home cooking. Collected here are over 200 recipes celebrating the best of these festivals, with chapters organized by course, from appetizers and salads to desserts.

Contents:

How to Use This Book xv

Ingredients xvii

I Appetizers and Salads Piedmont: Blessed are the Humble 1

II Polenta and Risotto Trentino-Alto Adige: Boundaries of the Mind 53

III Pasta and Gnocchi Emilia-Romagna: The Succulent Flavor of the Earth 95

IV Vegetables Tuscany: Ancient Ruins and Modern Permutations 153

V Soups, Breads, Focaccias, and Pizzas Sardinia: Sacred Rites and Profane Pleasures 193

VI Eggs, Cheeses, and Savory Tarts Campania: The Drawbacks of Being Boring 249

VII Meats, Game, and Poultry Puglia: Going Once, Going Twice 295

VIII Fish and Seafood Calabria: A Belief in Believing 353

IX Desserts Sicily: Of Boundaries and Separation 407

A Basic Recipes 458

B Italian Wines 464

C Calendar of Festivals 466

D Mail-Order Sources 476.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.

ISBN:

0028623320

OCLC:

41597636

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