Reveals how the production, consumption and distribution of regional cuisine came to shape a collective Italian identity.
Massimo Montanari is professor of medieval history and the history of food at the Institute of Paleography and Medieval Studies, University of Bologna. His books include Let the Meatballs Rest: And Other Stories About Food and Culture; Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb; Food Is Culture; Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History; Food: A Culinary History; and Famine and Plenty: The History of Food in Europe. Beth Archer Brombert has translated many books from French and Italian, including Italo Svevo's Senilità (Emilio's Carnival) and Eri de Lucca's Tu, Mio (You, Mine).
