| Popes, Peasants, and Shepherds: Recipes and Lore from Rome and Lazio Subjects: Food habits -- Italy -- Rome; Food habits -- Italy -- Lazio; Cooking -- Italy -- Rome; Cooking -- Italy -- Lazio; Italians -- Food; The food of Rome and its region, Lazio, is redolent of herbs, olive oil, ricotta, lamb, and pork. It is the food of ordinary, frugal people, yet it is a very modern cuisine in that it gives pride of place to the essential flavors of its ingredients. In this only English-language book to encompass the entire region, the award-winning author of Encyclopedia of Pasta , Oretta Zanini De Vita, offers a substantial and complex social history of Rome and Lazio through the story of its food. Including more than 250 authentic, easy-to-follow recipes, the author leads readers on an exhilarating journey from antiquity through the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century. Zanini De Vita Oretta : Oretta Zanini De Vita is a distinguished Italian food historian. She is the author of more than forty books on Italian food and its traditions, including Encyclopedia of Pasta (UC Press). |