This surprisingly engaging treatise is not a cookbook, is not written by an Italian, and does not promote a restaurant or a particular style of cooking. Nonetheless, Kostiukovich, an erudite food-obsessed Russian who works translating Umberto Eco’s...
McDonald's has had a difficult time in Italy, reports Elena Kostioukovitch in "Why Italians Love to Talk About Food." Some boycotts led to closures, franchises were forced to conform with local architecture and...
Durante la Edad Moderna, los Estados italianos reclamaron la aportación de los mejores artistas de Europa. Los banquetes que tenían lugar en sus opulentas cortes también se hallaban al mismo nivel y a la abundancia se sumaba la extraordinaria...
I've just been out doing last-minute shopping. You're out doing last-minute shopping. Or deciding what to do with the book-buying gift certificates that always make the best Christmas gifts. Here are suggestions I've been meaning to make...
Sure, it's not really a coffee table book, but I love to have a recipe or food book kicking around, particularly through the holidays. I thumb through it, dream of places I want to visit...
Si un libro fuese un menú, Por qué a los italianos les gusta hablar de comida tiene dos sabrosos entrantes. Por un lado, un título jugoso; por otro, un prólogo de Umberto Eco, de quien la autora...
Según parece, ya Petrarca se lamentaba de que a sus compatriotas italianos les apasionase más la buena mesa que la literatura y los siglos han acentuado esta impresión. De norte a sur...
This masterful tome is a culinary encyclopedia and travelogue—a chronicle of Italy’s regional cuisines. In each chapter, Kostioukovitch introduces a region and explores the foods that...
In this entertaining narrative, essayist Elena Kostioukovitch takes us on a journey through one of the world’s richest and most adored food cultures...
Each year at Holiday time, our mystery book store is bursting with more than mystery books. There are terrific children’s books, gift books, games and puzzles packing the shelves. For the mystery lovers who love food...
En Italia, las cosas han dejado hace tiempo de ser como las vio el escritor Ippolito Nievo o el noble veneciano Carlo Altoviti, pero merece la pena detenerse en esta descripción para pasar a hablar de lo siguiente, que es la comida...
“Why Italians Love To Talk About Food” by Elena Kostioukovitch. If you’ve ever sat at the dinner table with someone of Italian ancestry, you may have noticed a distinctly Italian trait: They will reminisce about past meals...
