Dictionary of Italian Cuisine [Hardcover]

Maureen B. Fant (Author), Howard M. Isaacs (Author, Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998

What is the difference between cappuccino and cafe-latte? What is an appoggiacoltello? How much is q.b.?

To find out the answers, look no further than Dictionary of Italian Cuisine, the first comprehensive Italian-English dictionary of Italian food terminolgy. This handy reference tool provides authoritative Italian terms and English definitions for everything you'll find in Italian cookbooks and menus. Entries cover Italian foods and ingredients, cooking utencils and techniques, menu and wine terms, adjectives commonly found in Italian recipes, Italian place names, and dishes from each of Italy's twenty regions.

This lexicon is an invaluable, easy-to-use reference for anyone who needs to understand or use Italian food terminolgy -- travelers, culinary professionals, and home cooks. Whether Italian food is your love, your life, or your passion, Dictionary of Italian Cuisine is a must for your cookbook shelf.

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So you know all about spaghetti and lasagne, and want to delve further? Look no further than the Dictionary of Italian Cuisine to guide you through the thorny brambles of Italian cooking terminology. Thanks to late unification and fierce regionalism, many dishes have very different names in different parts of the country, and (worse!) many names refer to wildly different foods. To help us avoid confusing broccolo with broccoli, translator/food writer Maureen B. Fant and travel writer Howard M. Isaacs have teamed up to provide a comprehensive list of over 6,000 terms used throughout Italy, from a a'lunga to zuppiera. The pronunciation and usage guide, English-Italian index, and table of conversions will be sure to help the traveler, the exploring chef, and the Italophile in their quest for la dolce vita. --Rob Lightner

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Fant, a New York Times travel section contributor, and Isaacs, publisher and editor of the Italian Traveler newsletter, here gather approximately 6000 entries ranging from Italian foods and ingredients to cooking techniques and wine terms. Entries range from one or two words to a paragraph at most, as compared with John Mariani's The Dictionary of Italian Food and Drink (LJ 5/15/98), which has fewer entries but generally provides more detailed information and the occasional phrase not included here. Excellent cross-referencing and an English-Italian index steer users to the correct entry. Most libraries will want Mariani's book in their reference collections. Larger libraries, or those where there is an interest in Italian cookery, may also wish to add Dictionary of Italian Cuisine to their shelves.?John Charles, Scottsdale P.L., AZ
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Ecco; 1st edition (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880016124
• ISBN-13: 978-0880016124
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,274,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Since the other review for this book has nothing to do with the actual contents of the book, I thought I'd write one. I just bought a used copy of it and am very pleased. I'm sorry to see that it's out of print. I am a personal chef, am half Italian and am obsessed with all things Italian, especially the food. I speak the language fairly well so look up recipes in Italian quite a bit. This book is going to help me a lot and has done so already. For any fan of Italian cuisine, this is a really good addition to your library. It would help people who travel there frequently and would help students of the language. It's not perfect and doesn't claim to have every food related word in the language, but has quite a large collection of food related words. I look forward to learning these words through the years.

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