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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zanini De Vita, Oretta, 1936-

Contributor:

Fant, Maureen B.

Di Renzo, Ernesto.

Series:

California Studies in Food and Culture

California Studies in Food and Culture ; 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, Roman.

Dinners and dining--History.

Dinners and dining.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkely : University of California Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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 journey from antiquity through the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword: Lazio'S Gastronomic Roots

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 Towns

From The Castelli To The Ciociaria

Buffalo Country: The Pontine Marshes

Coastal Lazio And The Sea

Recipes

Glossary Of Terms And Ingredients

Notes

General Index

Recipe Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-520-95539-0

OCLC:

824733558