The Italian Way

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Outside of Italy, the country’s culture and its food appear to be essentially synonymous. And indeed, as The Italian Way makes clear, preparing, cooking, and eating food play a central role in the daily activities of Italians from all walks of life. In this beautifully illustrated book, Douglas Harper and Patrizia Faccioli present a fascinating and colorful look at the Italian table. The Italian Way focuses on two dozen families in the city of Bologna, elegantly weaving together Harper’s outsider perspective with Faccioli’s intimate knowledge of the local customs. The authors interview and observe these families as they go shopping for ingredients, cook together, and argue over who has to wash the dishes. Throughout, the authors elucidate the guiding principle of the Italian table—a delicate balance between the structure of tradition and the joy of improvisation. With its bite-sized history of food in Italy, including the five-hundred-year-old story of the country’s cookbooks, and Harper’s mouth-watering photographs, The Italian Way is a rich repast—insightful, informative, and inviting.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Douglas Harper
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Release : 2010-01-15
File : 313 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780226317267


Sauces Shapes Pasta The Italian Way

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Winner of the International Association of Culinary Association (IACP) Award The indispensable cookbook for genuine Italian sauces and the traditional pasta shapes that go with them. Pasta is so universally popular in the United States that it can justifiably be called an American food. This book makes the case for keeping it Italian with recipes for sauces and soups as cooked in Italian homes today. There are authentic versions of such favorites as carbonara, bolognese, marinara, and Alfredo, as well as plenty of unusual but no less traditional sauces, based on roasts, ribs, rabbit, clams, eggplant, arugula, and mushrooms, to name but a few. Anyone who cooks or eats pasta needs this book. The straightforward recipes are easy enough for the inexperienced, but even professional chefs will grasp the elegance of their simplicity. Cooking pasta the Italian way means: Keep your eye on the pot, not the clock. Respect tradition, but don’t be a slave to it. Choose a compatible pasta shape for your sauce or soup, but remember they aren’t matched by computer. (And that angel hair goes with broth, not sauce.) Use the best ingredients you can find—and you can find plenty on the Internet. Resist the urge to embellish, add, or substitute. But minor variations usually enhance a dish. How much salt? Don’t ask, taste! Serving and eating pasta the Italian way means: Use a spoon for soup, not for twirling spaghetti. Learn to twirl; never cut. Never add too much cheese, and often add none at all. Toss the cheese and pasta before adding the sauce. Warm the dishes.Serve pasta alone. The salad comes after. To be perfectly proper, use a plate, not a bowl. The authors are reluctant to compromise because they know how good well-made pasta can be. But they keep their sense of humor and are sympathetic to all well-intentioned readers.

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Genre : Cooking
Author : Oretta Zanini De Vita
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Release : 2013-10-14
File : 424 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780393241518


Mistress The Italian Way Part 2

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The fight between Aelita and Amos over their son Feliciano continues ... Amos desires to see the mother of his one and only son in jail. He is using his mafia connections to prove his power with a fatal result: He plans the kidnapping of his own child. The coup brings the boy all over he even the fingers of the kidnappers – mainly due to the cleverness of the child. The story is told by each of the protagonists Aelita, Amos and Feliciano. Each of them tells us their view – sometimes angry, sad, often anxious. Aelita who fights for her son's life against the Mafia Clan, Amos who tries to destroy Aelita with every possible legal and illegal method, Feliciano - the son of the two – becomes the psychological victim of his father Amos who later on uses the unscrupulous gangsters of organised crime. The subject of kidnapping grabbed Delilah J. The number of missing children who are never found again – children who were killed. Often organised by the Mafia for satisfying profit and greed but sometimes even within the child's own family – every day, everywhere – amongst all of us.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Delilah Jay
Publisher : epubli
Release : 2017-01-30
File : 149 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783741887970


Mistress The Italian Way

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A dangerous affair: Revenge for justice. Power and control. Set among the power games of the Mafia and the rich and beautiful of Italy, on the island of Ponza, in Ferrara and in London. Corruption involving Italy's high and mighty: the Clan, multinational corporations. Fashion, car manufacturing, Formula One, the alcohol industry. Those who control vast global assets. Everywhere. The love between Aelita and Amos, a love that had no proper beginning and no proper end. He is murdered in Naples harbour. On his way to the ferry that was supposed to take him to Procida. She tells his story, her story, the story of their love. Fights him for their son, in England and in Italy. A modern-day fairytale that takes place in Berlin, London, Naples, Rome, Emilia Romagna, Monte Carlo. Emotional. Erotic. Love and revenge. Intelligent. Written in short, sharp prose. Creative, racy, witty. Starting with a murder that is solved and avenged at the end. A new definition of Italy: Delilah J paints a fascinating and colourful picture of corruption amongst the select ultra-powerful oligarchs of Italy that would make even Silvio Berlusconi look charming. An ending that holds a vague hope for a new Italy. Maybe.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Delilah Jay
Publisher : epubli
Release : 2017-01-27
File : 163 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783741887215


Growing Food The Italian Way

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In mid-2014, passionate grower and gardening author Fabian Capomolla decided to up stumps and move to Italy for a year with his young family in tow. He reconnected to his Italian roots by putting down new roots of his own in the beautiful Renaissance city of Lucca, Tuscany. From his time living in Lucca and working in the community garden there, and from watching as a child his nonno grow his own food, Fabian discovered that growing food the Italian way is defined by how they approach the task: with simplicity and without overcomplicating it, which is the way they cook food, too. This book will show you - in simple, Italian-style terms! - how to set up and maintain your veggie patch, and the extensive A-Z plant guide will help you decide what to grow in it. There's a chapter on problems you might encounter and remedies to fix them, along with handy tips scattered throughout. Some of these tips have been expanded into easy-to-follow activities like how to build your own barbecue or make your own insect repellent. You'll also find a selection of simple and delicious recipes so you can cook just like Nonna, and a glossary to help decode common gardening terms. In Italy the most important things are family and food. Growing your own food is about providing for yourself and your family. It is a celebration of food, which is a celebration of life. To grow the Italian way is to enjoy life. Nothing else really matters. Basta! This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.

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Genre : Gardening
Author : Fabian Capomolla
Publisher : Plum
Release : 2017-08-08
File : 327 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781760554903


The Italian Style

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The “italian style” is the aspect that makes italian products immediately recognizable and the junction between culture and italian economy. In this book the author describes the fundamental components that define italian style in manufacturing, work and economics and the cultural ans social origins of the attention to aesthetic results and quality as an important component of italian style. Fashion, food, furniture, automation and the many aspects of italian economy, with the importance of the design, reveal a lifestyle that shows us how another style of consumption is possibile, linked to quality and durability and not to quantity and waste. The relation between economy and culture it allows us to describe a society in which the values of tradition are maintained and meet innovation in a sustainable and generative way of quality.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Romano Benini
Publisher : Edizioni Nuova Cultura
Release : 2018-12-28
File : 182 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9788833651705


Preserving The Italian Way

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First published in 2008 and with more than 45,000 copies sold, Preserving the Italian Way is essential reading for anyone who wants to preserve their own food, reduce food waste and help keep cultural traditions alive. Pietro Demaio has meticulously collected family recipes handed down for generations from nonne and nonni all around Italy. Including how to preserve vegetables and fish in oil, vinegar or salt, how to make cheese, cure meats and dry herbs, and traditional methods for making bread, wine and liqueurs, this is the ultimate recipe collection for preserving enthusiasts. This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.

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Genre : Cooking
Author : Pietro Demaio
Publisher : Plum
Release : 2021-03-02
File : 272 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781760985134


Religion Italian Style

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Italy’s traditional subcultures - Communist, Socialist, Liberal, Republican, Right-wing - have largely dissolved and yet Catholics have retained their vitality and solidity. How can the vast majority of Italians continue to maintain some connection with Catholicism? How much is the Italian situation influenced by the closeness of the Vatican? Examining the religious condition of contemporary Italy, Religion Italian Style argues that the relationship between religion and society in Italy has unique characteristics when compared with what is happening in other European Catholic Countries. Exploring key topics and religious trends which question how the population feel - from the laity and the role of religions in the public sphere, to moral debates, forms of religious pluralism, and new spiritualities - this book questions how these affect religious life, and how intricately religion is interwoven with the nation’s fabric and the dynamics of the whole society.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Franco Garelli
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2016-04-08
File : 245 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781317067429


Weight Loss Italian Style

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Travel writer Jill Hendrickson has found the most exciting destination ever—slenderness and passionate living! You'll find it in "Weight Loss, Italian Style! Ditch the Diet, Pass the Pasta, and Drop the Pounds FOREVER." Join Jill on a food-filled adventure to the Tuscan Isle of Elba, where she learns that the secret to staying slim forever has nothing to do with counting calories or cutting carbs. You'll learn the fundamental lifestyle differences that explain Italians' exceptional health and America's obesity epidemic; why diets are doomed to fail, and how to replace them with your own version of La Dolce Vita; the truth about pasta! Contrary to popular diet advice, it can actually help you to achieve your weight loss goals. Now the Italian secret can be your secret! Enjoy your own Renaissance as a sensual, slimmed down being by grabbing your copy of "Weight Loss, Italian Style!" They don't call it La Dolce Vita for nothing!

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Genre : Health & Fitness
Author : Jill Hendrickson
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Release : 2009-05-01
File : 137 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781614484219


Fashion Italian Style

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Om italiensk mode og modedesignere fra 1945 til i dag

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Genre : Art
Author : Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology Valerie Steele
Publisher : Yale University Press
Release : 2003-01-01
File : 156 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780300100143