Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE VII
4. PREFACE XV
5. Before There Was an Italy There Was a Europe 1
6. Italy Is a Network of Cities 5
7. Models of Cooking Between Unified and Varied 11
8. Popular Culture and Culture of the Elite 19
9. People and Products That Travel 27
10. Preservation and Renewal of Alimentary Identities 33
11. Macaroni-eaters: How a National Stereotype Arose 41
12. The Artusian Synthesis 47
13. The Number of Italians Increases 53
14. The “Italian Miracle”: Between Modernity and Tradition 59
15. The Invention of Regional Cooking 65
16. Epilogue: In Search of Home Cooking 73
17. Related Readings 85
18. Index 97