A lovely book on Florence, one of the most important "City gourmet" of the world, returns in English edition. 120 pages divided by typology, with introduction, quotations and a special iconographical research. The book begins with a pleasant text that tells the great story of this gastronomical culture, starting from the ancient banquets of the Etruscans and the Romans till the simple and genuine tastes of the popular cooking of the early years of the twentieth century, till the glorious and today very precious "Florentine-style T-bone Steak" or "bistecca alla fiorentina"... more than 100 recipes with curiosities and variations, suggestions and advices. |