La Cucina Italiana - De Italiaanse Keuken - The Italian Kitchen

Sweet, silky, and absolutely delicious, this breading-free version of eggplant parm made in Italy is well worth trying, especially in late summer when eggplant (and tomatoes!) are at their best.

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ITALIAN DELICACIES - dishes distinctive for the complexity of the flavours, seasonal freshness and lavish decoration - are on offer through November as seven top downtown Bangkok hotels celebrate "Taste It All" [...]

Marche - the Italian Midlands along the Adriatic coast - is home to many world-famous dishes. Chef Fabio Polidori of La Tavola and Wine Bar at the Renaissance Bangkok reminisces with Brodetto made with tiger prawns, calamari, mussels and scallops, fried with olive oil and onion. Soup and tomato paste are then combined with chilli flakes, parsley and basil for aroma. [...]

This is the first complete historical reconstruction of the food culture of the Le Marche region in central Italy. The book describes both popular rustic traditions and those of the aristocracy and middle classes, analyzing their interactions in both written and verbal forms.
The authors Ugo Bellesi, Ettore Franca and Tommaso Lucchetti, in addition to various specialists, attempt to reconstruct the sources of these regional traditions. There are illustrations of information collected during archeological digs, as well as historical and artistic studies. The book also includes prints from archives, libraries and private and public collections, creating a mosaic of documents presented together for the first time.
The first section of the work is a detailed look at the agrarian landscape, farmland and typical products. This is followed by a description of the local cuisine, including both simple dishes and more refined recipes from monasteries, the nobility and middle classes, documented in archives and books written by Antonio Latini, Antonio Nebbia and Cesare Tirabasso. This analysis reveals that there has always been a certain “fluidity” between the different classes and generations in Le Marche. The third part of the book is dedicated to images of the arts and conviviality.
This work is a useful bibliography, enriched with iconographic images as well as deep and complex cultural material about Le Marche.