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- Hodder & Stoughton
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Hodder & Stoughton
Italy, European history, Cooking, Travel writing
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Trade Paperback Nov 14, 2023 | 9781399727068 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Jan 18, 2024 | 9781399727037 | RRP $59.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 2, 2023 | 9781399727051 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Hodder & Stoughton
- Trade Paperback Nov 14, 2023 | 9781399727068 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Jan 18, 2024 | 9781399727037 | RRP $59.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 2, 2023 | 9781399727051 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Hodder & Stoughton
- Trade Paperback Nov 14, 2023 | 9781399727068 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Jan 18, 2024 | 9781399727037 | RRP $59.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 2, 2023 | 9781399727051 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
A new, updated edition of the classic, much-loved history of the Italians and their food.
'If only we could all write as brilliantly on Italy and its food as John Dickie does. He may well know Italy and Italians better than they know themselves' Stanley Tucci
The new edition of the much-loved classic, with a fresh chapter that brings the surprising and moreish tale of the Italian way of eating right up to the present.
Delizia! takes the reader on a revelatory historical journey through the flavours of the cities that shaped the Italian love for good eating. From the bustle of Medieval Milan, to the bombast of Fascist Rome; from the pleasure gardens of Renaissance Ferrara, to the putrid alleyways of nineteenth-century Naples. In rich slices of Italian life, Delizia! shows how violence and intrigue, as well as taste and creativity, went to make the world's favourite cuisine. With its mix of vivid story-telling, ground-breaking research and shrewd analysis, John Dickie's Delizia! is as appetising as the dishes it describes.
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John Dickie
John Dickie is Professor of Italian Studies at University College London. He is an internationally recognised specialist on many aspects of Italian history and his books have been translated into well over twenty languages. His history of the Sicilian mafia, Cosa Nostra, has sold a million copies. John has reached a multi-national television audience with a number of documentaries he has co-written and presented, including the six-part history of Italian food-a smash hit in Italy-which was based on Delizia! It is now on Amazon Prime as: Eating History - The Story of Italy on a Plate.
John has been a judge of the Pesto World Championships in Genoa. In 2017 and 2018 he was the host of the Pasta World Championships in Parma, sponsored by Barilla. In 2021 he hosted the San Pellegrino Young Chef Academy in Milan.
In 2005 the President of the Italian Republic appointed him a Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della SolidarietA Italiana.
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