Eating & Drinking in Italy: Italian Menu Translator and Restaurant Guide (Open Road Travel Guides) [Paperback]

Andy Herbach (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 4, 2008

Nothing can make a trip to Italy more enjoyable and rewarding than a great dining experience—that is, of course, if you know what you’re ordering! This handy, pocket-sized guide helps you navigate Italian menus, in addition to steering you to some great Italian restaurants, bistros, cafes, wine shops, and food markets. Most of the book is a comprehensive menu reader, translating thousands of Italian words into English. There are also sections on restaurant etiquette, a pronunciation guide, English-to-Italian words and phrases, and descriptions of the many different kinds of eating establishments in Italy.

 

Reviews:

"...an opinionated little compendium...the right size for a traveler"—The New York Times

"A charming and whimsical guide...irresistible"—Chicago Tribune

"...a terrific primer for first time visitors...a pack-along must for the less-adventurous eater."—Houston Chronicle

"...elegant"—Minneapolis Tribune

"...opening up the world of good eating with their innovative paperback series."—Salt Lake Tribune

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About the Author

Andy Herbach is a lawyer and professional travel writer.  He is co-author of Open Road’s ‘Eating & Drinking’ menu-translator guides to Paris, Italy, Spain, and Latin America, and is also the author of Open Road’s Paris Made Easy, Open Road’s Best of Paris, Open Road’s Best of Provence & the French Riviera, Europe Made Easy, Berlin Made Easy, and Amsterdam Made Easy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Open Road; 5 edition (March 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593601085
• ISBN-13: 978-1593601089
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 3.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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More About the Author

Andy Herbach is the author of several Open Road guides, including Best of Paris, Best of Provence, and Best of Spain. He is the co-author of the Eating & Drinking Series of menu translators and restaurant guides, including Eating & Drinking in Paris and Eating & Drinking in Italy. Andy is a lawyer and resides in Milwaukee.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where to eat. What to eat!, October 16, 2007

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Daniel Schmidt (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eating & Drinking in Italy: Italian Menu Translator and Restaurant Guide, Fourth Edition (Open Road Travel Guides) (Paperback)

Not only does this book have the most comprehensive menu translator available (and it really can save you from making some huge mistakes when ordering), but the restaurant recommendations are perfect if you're looking for excellent Italian dining. There are great recommendations for restaurants in Rome, Venice, Florence and Milan that we used on our last trip. We dined at moderate prices on great meals thanks to this pocket sized book. Highly recommended!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have guide for dining in Italy, November 25, 2008

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Michelle K. Deland "Foodie" (Grosse Pointe Park, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eating & Drinking in Italy: Italian Menu Translator and Restaurant Guide (Open Road Travel Guides) (Paperback)

This is a must have guide for anyone who wants to really understand what they are eating or shopping for at the open air markets in Italy. While I speak "un po" Italiano, I don't have a command for the language at all and I really am interested in the foods and wines. So, when I purchased this book, I had a world that was opened up to me during my food experiences in Italy. It made ordering so much easier and more pleasurable. And I could share it with other English speaking people around me. I highly recommend this book for anyone going to Italy. And, if I travel to other cities where these two gentelman have written a guide book for, I will be sure to secure one before beginning my journey.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eating and Drinking in Italy, October 28, 2008

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Bonnie K. Graham "Bonnie G" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eating & Drinking in Italy: Italian Menu Translator and Restaurant Guide (Open Road Travel Guides) (Paperback)

This book is awesome, we live in Italy most of the year and dining out has proven to be difficult at times. This book is small enough to carry with you and easy to understand and very informative. A real must for anyone traveling or dining out in Italy.