WAVERLEY ROOT THE COOKING OF ITALY - TRAVELOGUE - FOOD REGIONS RECIPES - ILLUS FRED LYON 1970

Travelogue focusing on the foods of various regions in Italy. Root, who made his living as a foreign correspondent and has written several volumes on his penchant for food, is an excellent guide whose descriptions will convince globetrotters that there's much more to travel than sightseeing.

CONTENTS: Mother cuisine, Modern cuisine, Regions of Rome, Florence and Tuscany, Bologna the Northern Centre, Venice, Genoa and Liguria, Milan and Lombardy, Turin and Piedmont, Naples and the Deep South, The Islands:  Where it began.

1970 Time-life International hardback, 208 pages well-binded clean white pages protected in original cover.  Book good condition, coverfolder show little wear.