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ISBN
9781609457099

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Europa Editions, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1609457099
ISBN-13
9781609457099
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23050401295

Product Key Features

Book Title
Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Europe / Italy, History, Essays
Genre
Cooking, History
Author
Massimo. Montanari
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
7.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.3 in

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"Illuminating... Suited for those with big appetites for knowledge, [A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce] is full of delicious details."--Publishers Weekly "The book is just the right length (128 pages), academic and an utterly fascinating discourse on food history."--The Daily Beast "Montanari's research will delight readers and provide plenty of fodder for dinner-table discussion."--Booklist "Montanari traces the unstoppable rise of what would become the most famous dish in the whole world."--La Repubblica "A learned, entertaining volume."--Il Giornale, "Illuminating... Suited for those with big appetites for knowledge, [A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce] is full of delicious details."--Publishers Weekly "Thorough, well-researched and enlightening... Montanari sets a beautiful table filled with savory information that will appeal to academics, history buffs, the culinary-minded and those eager to learn how and why twirling a fork into a mountain of spaghetti with tomato sauce has become a delicious source of comforting nourishment."--Shelf Awareness "This book serves as a significant beginning for anyone in search of culinary origins and the fraught histories of cultural commodities."--Gastronomica "The book is just the right length (128 pages), academic and an utterly fascinating discourse on food history."--The Daily Beast "Montanari's research will delight readers and provide plenty of fodder for dinner-table discussion."--Booklist "A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce is so much more than the chronicle of a familiar, beloved dish. The book is an inquiry into culture, economics and society... This delightful book will inspire readers."--BookTrib "Montanari traces the unstoppable rise of what would become the most famous dish in the whole world."--La Repubblica "A learned, entertaining volume."--Il Giornale, "Illuminating... Suited for those with big appetites for knowledge, [A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce] is full of delicious details."--Publishers Weekly "Thorough, well-researched and enlightening... Montanari sets a beautiful table filled with savory information that will appeal to academics, history buffs, the culinary-minded and those eager to learn how and why twirling a fork into a mountain of spaghetti with tomato sauce has become a delicious source of comforting nourishment."--Shelf Awareness "The book is just the right length (128 pages), academic and an utterly fascinating discourse on food history."--The Daily Beast "Montanari's research will delight readers and provide plenty of fodder for dinner-table discussion."--Booklist "A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce is so much more than the chronicle of a familiar, beloved dish. The book is an inquiry into culture, economics and society... This delightful book will inspire readers."--BookTrib "Montanari traces the unstoppable rise of what would become the most famous dish in the whole world."--La Repubblica "A learned, entertaining volume."--Il Giornale, "Montanari traces the unstoppable rise of what would become the most famous dish in the whole world."--La Repubblica "A learned, entertaining volume."--Il Giornale, "Illuminating... Suited for those with big appetites for knowledge, [A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce] is full of delicious details."--Publishers Weekly "Montanari traces the unstoppable rise of what would become the most famous dish in the whole world."--La Repubblica "A learned, entertaining volume."--Il Giornale, "Illuminating... Suited for those with big appetites for knowledge, [A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce] is full of delicious details."--Publishers Weekly "The book is just the right length (128 pages), academic and an utterly fascinating discourse on food history."--The Daily Beast "Montanari's research will delight readers and provide plenty of fodder for dinner-table discussion."--Booklist "A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce is so much more than the chronicle of a familiar, beloved dish. The book is an inquiry into culture, economics and society... This delightful book will inspire readers."--BookTrib "Montanari traces the unstoppable rise of what would become the most famous dish in the whole world."--La Repubblica "A learned, entertaining volume."--Il Giornale
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Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
641.822
Synopsis
Intellectually engaging and deliciously readable, a stereotype-defying history of how one of the most recognisable symbols of Italian cuisine and national identity is the product of centuries of encounters, dialogue, and exchange. Is it possible to identify a starting point in history from which everything else unfolds--a single moment that can explain the present and reveal the essence of our identities? According to Massimo Montanari, this is just a myth: by themselves, origins explain very little and historical phenomena can only be understood dynamically--by looking at how events and identities develop and change as a result of encounters and combinations that are often unexpected. As Montanari shows in this lively, brilliant, and surprising essay, all you need to debunk the "origins myth" is a plate of spaghetti. By tracing the history of the one of Italy's "national dishes"--from Asia to America, from Africa to Europe; from the beginning of agriculture to the Middle Ages and up to the 20th century--he shows that in order to understand who we are (our identity) we almost always need to look beyond ourselves to other cultures, peoples, and traditions.

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