About the Author

Matthew Fort is Food and Drink Editor of the 'Guardian'. He has numerous awards including two Glenfiddichs. His family comes from the Ribble Valley.

Reviews

'Elizabeth David meets Jack Kerouac – around the table and on the road, this is a brilliant insight into Italian gastro-culture.'
Giorgio Locatelli ‘Lemon blossom and freshly baked bread waft up from every page. The most intensely greedy, fragrant and sensuously written travelogue I have ever read. A glorious, glorious feast.’
Nigel Slater 'A beautifully written, humorous account of a talented food writer controlling what seems to be a midlife crisis by travelling around Italy on a Vespa.' Jamie Oliver