A Taste of Naples

Neapolitan Culture, Cuisine, and Cooking

Marlena Spieler (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2018
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-5125-0 (ISBN)

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Naples is an international and deeply traditional city, especially in its foodstyle and cuisine. Its mysteries reveal themselves the more you learn about it. Marlena Spieler takes readers on a vivid tour of this vibrant culinary culture with recipes and history, as well as an exploration of the dishes of holidays and celebrations.

In other places, it might seem trite or cliché to say that love is an essential component of cooking, food, and dining. But in the shadow of a still-fuming Vesuvio, the love of everyday life is palpable in Naples: that passion for life is the spirit that guides Neapolitan cuisine. You can taste it in everything.

To truly know Napoli and Neapolitan food, you must not stay within its city limits. The entire region may be called Campania, but it is also: Napoli. The entire region shares similar characteristics, especially in its cuisine, and its surrounding areas also grow so much of what feeds the city, bringing pleasure and sustenance to the table and to life.

In this tantalizing tour of the culture and cuisine of Napoli, Marlena Spieler reveals the tastes, sights, and sounds of the city and surrounding area (including its islands) in gorgeous detail. Using her own experiences and conversations with others, both tourists and residents alike, she offers us the rich history of this unique culture and cuisine, telling the story through recipes, history, and traditions, especially the special dishes and celebrations that follow every Neapolitan throughout the year. Open its pages and step into a sensory tour of this unique city.

Marlena Spieler broadcasts and writes internationally on her favorite subject: food — its histories and mysteries, the cooking, eating, and sharing of it. With over 70 cookbook titles (including contributions) to her credit, Marlena conjures up flavors and dishes from the Mediterranean to Mexico, California to France to eastern Europe and Asia, with and single subjects such as chili peppers, olive oil, mushrooms, to a book on classic Jewish food from all over the world. The Classic Barbecue and Grill Cookbook was a #1 best-seller in the UK. Marlena has been shortlisted numerous times for various awards including the prestigious James Beard (two books and one newspaper column), the Guild of Food Writers Awards (UK, best radio food broadcaster of the year, twice), and the Association of Food Journalists (USA: Best Column in Newspaper of Over 400,000 circulation — twice) for radio presenting, food writing and books. One of her books, Feeding Friends, won the International Cookbook Award in Perigueux, France in 2000, her Jewish Heritage Cooking was honored in the Loire Valley in 2003 by a Special Jury Award at World Gourmand Book Awards, and she was presented with the Gourmand Family Award in 2016 in Yantai, China.

Chapter One
, Introduction
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Chapter Two
, Lo Storico: Naples Culinary History
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Chapter Three
, Sea, Sun, Sky and Volcanic Soil: The Fresh Things that Grow There
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Chapter Four
, A Napoli si Mangia Cosi: The Iconic Products of Naples: Cheese, Wines, Oils
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Chapter Five
, Pasta and Pizza
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Chapter Six
, Festivals and Celebrations with their Special Dishes
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Chapter Seven
, Chefs, Cookbooks and Iconic Dishes
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Chapter Eight
, How to Eat Like a Neapolitan
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Chapter Nine
, Regions and their FoodWays
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Chapter Ten
, Bibliography and Online Resources
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Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.1.2019
Reihe/Serie	Big City Food Biographies
Zusatzinfo	51 textboxes
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 241 mm
Gewicht	630 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Länderküchen
	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Italien
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4422-5125-5 / 1442251255
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-5125-0 / 9781442251250
Zustand	Neuware