Hello!

Italian food: What comes to mind first when you hear this? A Neapolitan pizza, warm with bubbly tomato sauce and mozarella? A cotoletta alla Milanese, or a Roman cacio e pepe pasta? A lovely bottle of chianti wine or a pasta pesto?

But for all our knowledge -or lack of - how did the food of the Italian peninsula came to be? And why it become so popular?

In his new book, "Al Dente - A History of Food in Italy" Fabio Parasecoli writes "Foodies are enraptured by its endless diversity and its capacity to intrigue and to always offer something new and ‘hot’. Tourists and travellers, often pleasantly surprised by their meals and the warm manners that surround them, end up projecting healthy amounts of romanticism on to dishes and ingredients, enriching Italian food with their own desires and longings. Writers also do their bit to perpetuate the myth..."

So who's better to explain the food history of Italy and what it means other than Fabio Paresecoli himself?

Let's listen to him, today!

The paperback edition of the book is out on 1st of May and you can pre-order here:

https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/al-dente

Find more about Fabio on his website here:

https://fabioparasecoli.com/about/

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