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NIOLA M.
Easier Said Than Cooked
An Anthropologist in the Kitchen
Si fa presto a dire cotto
Un antropologo in cucina
Series "Intersezioni"
pp. 160
978-88-15-13159-1
Publication Year 2009
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Why do Italians eat their pasta "al dente"? Is tempura really
a Japanese invention? Why has pizza conquered the world? Any why has sushi conquered
Italy? What does dried codfish have to do with the Council of Trent? And what
links coffee to the birth of insurance companies? These are some of the topics
addressed by this book. Gastronomy traditions, ways of cooking food, table manners,
passion, revulsion, aesthetic values, local specialties, and territory reflect
the relationships that people enjoy with themselves, each other, their land
and their identity. Espresso coffee, meat sauce, tortellini, tomatoes, squash,
mozzarella, cured meats, dried cod, Parmesan cheese, and Sicilian cassata are
not merely culinary delicacies: they are key features of a grand canvas, of
history as seen from the vantage point of Homo Edens.
Marino Niola teaches Anthropology of Symbols and Anthropology of Food at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University in Naples and the Gastronomic Science University in Pollenzo and Colorno.
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