Synopsis
Discusses the food and wines of each region of Italy and recommends restaurants, specialty shops, local markets, and vineyards.
From the Author
Italy, the most simpatico country on earthYes, we readily confess that we do have a real soft spot for Italy. And who doesn't? This is still undoubtedly the most simpatico country on earth, not least because of its rich and varied tradition of hospitality that begins always with a plate of food, a glass of wine. This guide, like its sister volume to France, is at once practical -- detailing regional and local foods and wines, and including hundreds of addresses of places to visit, where to eat -- as well as inspirational. It is indispensable both for the armchair traveller yearning once more for Italy, as well as for the visitor on the spot -- whether in popular places such as Florence or Venice or in deepest rural Italy such as Calabria or Sardinia.