Venice Osterie [Paperback]

Michela Scibilia (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 17, 2006

Eating out in Venice can be a traumatic affair especially for your wallet yet the local food has much to offer the inquiring diner. That's why this compact guide to the eateries of the city is so useful. Most of the eateries in the guide offer one or both of two distinct eating formats. Some serve traditional Italian sit-down meals of anti-pasto, primo, secondo and dolce (starter, pasta, meat or fish and dessert) while others concentrate on the typically Venetian cicheto, or snack, to be consumed standing at the bar with a glass of wine, known as an ombra. This guide will tell you where to find tasty traditional and innovative cicheti. To keep explanations in the eatery profiles to a minimum, Venetian and Italian terms are explained in the glossary. The great virtue of this guide is that it tells you how much you can expect to pay in each of the restaurants featured. It is a given that everything in Venice costs more than elsewhere in Italy but sometimes the disparity can ruin the visitor's dig

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About the Author

Michela Scibilia has lived and worked in Venice since 1986. She runs a graphic design and desktop publishing studio. She is also the author of Venice Botteghe.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Grafiche Vianello Srl (October 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8872001935
• ISBN-13: 978-8872001936
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,030,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Only Guide You Need to Eat Well in Venice, July 10, 2007

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Cat Bauer "Creator of Harley Columba" (Venice, Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Venice Osterie (Paperback)

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Michela Scibilia's "Venice Osterie" is the original guide to eating well in Venice -- the guide that other guides "consult." First published in English in 1995, Michela, originally from Treviso, is "more Venetian than many Venetians," according to Alessandro Tusset, owner of Elzeviro publishing house. "She truly loves Venice, and it comes through in her book."

Michela's honest and entertaining take on local restaurants, complete with photos of the owners and/or chefs, guides the visitor to some of the best eateries Venice has to offer. Michela has lived in Venice for many years, and has a deep passion for the town.

Venice is a curious city. So many people want to steal a piece of her, to be connected to her, without giving back. So many people without credentials speak with authority about Venice -- people who visit on a superficial level. Venice is like a lover that you can never leave completely... one who demands total commitment. Many arrive in Venice; many write about Venice -- but only a few have the courage to risk the depths the lagoon demands. Michela is someone who has married Venice, and understands that the food of Venice is connected to the Venetians themselves. She respects the food.

Her dedication reads: "To the children who will be born in Venice."

That says it all.

Cat Bauer
Author, "Harley's Ninth"
"Harley, Like a Person"
former contributor to the International Herald Tribune's Italian supplement, "Italy Daily"
Venetian resident since 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best 15 Euros You'll Ever Spend, December 28, 2010

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jive rhapsodist (NYC, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Venice Osterie (Paperback)

OK, you've gone to Italy a bunch of times, you LOVE Italy...and Venice, of course, is beautiful, only...well..the FOOD is just...not as good as in other cities. None of those classic moments of Baedeker - less bliss: "we were walking down the street, and we found ourselves in front of this really OLD trattoria, and I said to her "let's try it, what do you think?" and, well, there was nobody there who spoke English, and Grandma was in the kitchen, and we had the BEST _______ we've ever...". In Venice? Uh - uh. No chance. SO...If you don't buy this book, don't come crying to me! You have only yourself to blame.

Every restaurant Venetian friends have ever taken me to, telling me that this is a REAL Venetian place, where REAL Venetians go, is in this book. And Michela's no snob. Hey, even the Hard Rock Cafe's in here! Not that I'll ever go there. But she presents cogent reasons why you might! (why YOU might...) or...(why you MIGHT...).

Her writing is charming, witty and to the point. When you go almost anywhere that's not in this book it just isn't as good as what is. What higher praise can a guidebook get? In the interest of fairness, I'll say that I didn't LOVE every one of her suggestions that I tried. But none of them were bad, and some were amazing.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, November 1, 2009

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Donna M. Cochrane (Pendleton NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Venice Osterie (Paperback)

Useful on our trip...great pictures and information. Received it quickly...in time for our trip.