Town by town, bite by bite, author Matt Goulding brings Italy to life through intimate portraits of its food culture and the people pushing it in new directions: Three globe-trotting brothers who became the mozzarella kings of Puglia the pizza police of Naples and the innovative pies that stay one step ahead of the rules the Barolo Boys who turned the hilly Piedmont into one of the world's great wine regions. Pasta, Pane, Vino is the latest edition of the genre-bending Roads & Kingdoms style pioneered under Anthony Bourdain's imprint in Rice, Noodle, Fish ( 2016 Travel Book of the Year, Society of American Travel Writers ) and Grape, Olive, Pig ( 2017 IACP Award, Literary Food Writing). This is something more: a travelogue, a patient investigation of Italy's cuisine, a loving profile of the everyday heroes who bring Italy to the table. 'Goulding is pioneering a new type of writing about food.' -Financial Times

Matt Goulding expertly navigates it's wonders and eccentricities with wisdom and great passion.' -Anthony Bourdain Zibibbo (Sicily), Soave (Veneto), pignoletto (Emilia-Romagna): all rank as some of Italy’s most underrated.'Italy is a beautiful but complicated place, not so much a country as a collection of cultures and cuisines. Stick to the local grapes and you’ll find better deals and more interesting wines.

Just as you don’t eat pesto in Palermo or carbonara in Campania, you shouldn’t drink Barolo in Bari or Chianti in Cagliari. If you’re not getting something to eat with your glass, you should find a new place to drink. In Venice, feast on small snacks called cicchetti in Milan and Bologna lavish spreads put out for aperitivo can easily double as dinner. Italians rarely drink on an empty stomach and a glass of wine or a spritz is usually a bridge to a free bite. Find a bar you love and keep going back to the counter. Italians don’t drink venti mochas in to-go cups they drink four to five caffes spaced throughout the day, like cigarettes, to scratch and itch and break up the demands of the day. A macchiato gets you a little steamed milk, and a cappuccino gets you a lot more.Ĭoffee culture here isn’t one of slow sipping and lingering.

Order a roster to for a shorter, concentrated shot a lunge for a longer, gentler one. Everything starts with espresso, more commonly called cafe. Order a “grande latte” and you’ll get a giant glass of milk and the skiing eye. Early evenings are for aperitifs – wine or beer, with snacks – and after dinner is time for the stronger stuff: grappa, a cocktail, or a digestivo. Sunrise to 11 AM is cappuccino time, the early afternoon for espresso. Italians are famously fastidious about when they drink what.

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