SAPORE (LA TAVOLA ITALIANA) Brook Nestor8.5 x 11 PB • 146 Pgs • $60.00 • ISBN 978-1-60052-214-7
About the book
Sitting down to eat with family and friends is all about the enjoyment of connecting with others. SAPORE shows how the Italian table embodies tradition, ritual and expectations—the past, present and future of culinary heritage, describing how food is a powerful expression of identity. The enduring appeal of the Italian table extends an open invitation to visitors and readers around the world to experience how cuisine can serve as a profound force for social cohesion. From mise en scène to flavor and etiquette, Brook describes the Italians’ relationship with food as one of the most telling hallmarks of their culture.
About the Author
Brook was born in North Beach, San Francisco’s historic Little Italy. She earned a BA in Spanish and Linguistics in California before moving to Bergamo, in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy. She spent eighteen years there raising two children while working as a technical translator for an engineering firm and teaching English to doctors and engineers.
After returning to the United States, she taught Italian grammar and conversation at Santa Rosa Junior College and Sonoma State University. Using her demonstration kitchen as a living laboratory, she taught traditional Italian cooking in Italian, creating an immersive environment where language, food and culture converged in real time.
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