Eating and Drinking in Italy: Italian Menu Reader and Restaurant Guide, Second Edition (Paperback)

~ Andy Herbach (Author), Michael Dillon (Author) "Can you imagine a foreign traveler who speaks basic English understanding what prime rib is?..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Review

An elegant, small guide. -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

It makes dining (overseas) easy and enjoyable. -- Toronto Sun

Providing a depth that general phrasebooks lack. -- Midwest Book Review

Small, unobtrusive and artfully designedthe perfect holiday gift. -- Milwaukee Journal

You may never point at a menu or at someone else`s plate again. -- Chicago Tribune

Product Description

You`re in Italy and you think you know Italian food. Would you eat `stinco`? Menus in a foreign language are confusing and filled with slang and idioms. This guide will help you find your way around a menu written in Italian. It gives you the freedom to enter places you might never have before and order dinner without shouting, pointing or hand waving. This guide was created for the traveler who wants to enjoy, appreciate and experience authentic cuisine and know what he or she is ordering. More than a mere dictionary, this pocket-sized book contains and an up-to-date list of restaurants, gelateria, food and wine stores and food markets; advice on tipping and restaurant etiquette; tips on budget dining; and, the heart of the book, translation of more than 2,500 menu items in an annotated, easy-to-use format. Every page contains informative and helpful `handwritten` notes and illustrations. This guide includes:

•Places of interest in Italy and Italian-speaking Switzerland, featuring regional dining specialties and customs. •A list of restaurants, trattoria, osteria, wine shops, gelato shops, pastry shops and more. •English-to-Italian - Some familiar English food and food-related words and phrases.Italian-to-English - Translation of over 2,500 words and phrases in an annotated, easy-to-use format. •Pronunciation Guide.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Open Road; 2nd edition (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892975599
• ISBN-13: 978-1892975591
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,152,967 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful and Easy to Use!, August 17, 2001

By	Michael Dillon "nearlydowntown" (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I speak no more than 8-10 words of Italian. I used this book on a recent trip to Italy, and was able to understand almost every menu item I saw, and to order with confidence. It's a marvelous book! The alphabetical organization makes it really easy to use when you're sitting in a restaurant faced with three pages of Italian on a menu. (This review refers to the first edition of this book.)

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great bargain., August 10, 2001

By A Customer

We saw a review of this book in the New York Times. At ($), this book is a great bargain. The comprehensive Italian menu reader helped us eat at restaurants that don't have menus in English (which are most restaurants that are worth eating at). We ate at restaurants listed in this book - both expensive and inexpensive - and had good meals at all of them. The best part of this book, other than its price, is its size. It fits comfortably in your pocket or purse.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars speck-tacular! (by PatF), July 31, 2001

By A Customer

And you can use this book to find out just what speck is. We took this guide with us on our trip to a small town in Italy, where we could not count on finding English speakers in all restaurants. The large print and generous spacing made it easy to read even in low light, and the descriptions were all spot-on. We ordered a few things we might have skipped over without knowing what was in them, and were able to avoid things that trigger allergic reactions. And since we've gotten back, it's nice to page through and remember some of the fabulous meals! (This review refers to the first edition).