Acknowledgments Foreword by Lidia Bastianich Introduction A Plate of Soup Surrounded by Too Many Spoons The Great Escape Feeding the Americani The New Way of the Old World The Good, the Bad, and the Delicious Il Boom and La Dolce Vita This Italian...Thing Stirrings Simmerings From Dago Red to Super Tuscan Breaking Away Coming to a Boil A New Respect No More Excuses Flash in the Pan Trattoria Mania Salute! Alta Cucina Mondo Italiano Coda Notes Index
LIDIA BASTIANICH American chef and restauranteur. In 2007, she launched her third TV series, Lidia's Italy. She also owns four Italian restaurants in the U.S.: 'Felidia' and 'Becco' in Manhattan; 'Lidia's Pittsburgh' in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and 'Lidia's Kansas' 'City in Kansas City, Missouri.
JOHN MARIANI Food and travel columnist for Esquire, wine columnist and radio/TV reporter for Bloomberg News, contributing editor at Wine Spectator, and food columnist for Diversion. He has also written for Town & Country, Delta Sky, and has a newsletter that goes out to 40,000 subscribers. He was the winner of the 2009 National Magazine Award and was nominated for the James Beard Journalism Award. He has been called by The Philadelphia Inquirer 'the most influential food-wine critic in the popular press.' He lives in Tuckahoe, New York.
'An entertaining and fact-filled chronicle.' - The Wall Street Journal 'Informed and enlightening.' - Kirkus 'Making sense of Italian food's history is no small undertaking, but like any true professional, long-time Esquire Magazine food correspondent and legendary restaurant columnist Mariani handles the subject with ease.' - Booklist
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