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A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany: Exploring and Eating Off the Beaten Track
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Each of the ten itineraries in this cookbook/guidebook takes readers through parts of Tuscany that still remain largely undiscovered and into the kitchens of more than fifty superb but little-known restaurants specializing in regional cuisine–those that are for the most part overlooked by tourists and known only to the locals. Each regional section begins with illuminating and absorbing explanations of what makes Tuscan cooking so unique: location, location, location. You'll read about a bean so beloved by a village that it's been elevated to cult status–but unknown a few kilometers down the road; an aboriginal baby lamb that is almost unknown outside of the Zeri valley; the endless array of vegetable tarts found nowhere in Tuscany but Lunigiana and Garfagnana. With this guide in hand, you'll not only know where to dine but what to order when you get there.
In addition to 100 recipes, also included are nearby points of interest, descriptions and contact information for restaurants, trattorie, gourmet shops, wineries, olive oil producers, local markets, and regional food festivals, and how to find the monasteries, workshops, and artisans' studios that offer local items ranging from herbal beauty products to traditional ceramics and handwoven linens.
“Readers of Beth Elon's new book, A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany: Exploring & Eating Off The Beaten Track may be tempted to drop everything and book themselves on the next flight to Florence. They needn't bring much more than this exhaustive guide and a healthy appetite...It's hard to imagine a more knowledgeable or enthusiastic escort through this land.” –Town & Country
"Conveniently, we find A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany: Exploring & Eating Off the Beaten Track by experienced cookbook author Beth Elon, a thirty-year resident of Italy. Herein we find Elon's take on several dozen restaurants scattered around ten regions of Tuscany, complete with a list of house specialties including the actual recipes. She also points out gourmet shops and farmer's markets, as well as historic sites, churches, museums, and other points of interest. Serious fans of Italian cooking will find this book thoroughly satisfying. It's obvious Elon knows her way around the kitchen." --Foreword Magazine
"One might think that everything that can be written about Tuscany has been written. But here is a gem of a book in the tradition of M.F.K. Fisher that takes readers down Italian back roads and into private kitchens. There are 10 chapters that represent 10 itineraries into 10 different Tuscan regions. Included are more than 100 recipes and contact information and descriptions from private kitchens and restaurants, trattorias, gourmet shops, bakeries, wineries, and olive oil producers. Also included are days and dates when food festivals are held that celebrate chocolate, truffles, chestnuts and mushrooms. Warning: this book may contribute to an expanding waistline." --Book Passage Bookstore
“This travel guide and cookbook charts a fresh path. Elon has little interest in the well–documented, popular sites of Tuscany. Florence and Siena attract her not at all. Out-of-the-way villages nestled in valleys or atop hilly crags summon her, and the unusual culinary specialties of these places really make her prose flow...Elon's meticulous documentation of restaurant hours and locations makes this an especially practical guide for anyone driving through Tuscany.” –Booklist
“By stepping away from the traditional tourist destinations, travelers can get in touch with a place's authentic flavor...Like a close friend trying to guide you to the best and most interesting places in town, Elon makes sure to point out historical, artistic, cultural, and gastronomical places of interest. Her culinary background leads her to place particular attention on regional and seasonal foods and restaurants and stores usually overlooked by tourists...An ideal companion for any traveler looking to taste his or her way through the back roads of Tuscany; recommended for travel and culinary collections.” –Library Journal
"A cross between Baedeker and the Silver Spoon, Beth Elon's Culinary Traveller in Tuscany mixes history, restaurant reviews, and recipes." –Travel + Leisure, T+L's Essential Summer-Reading List
"Beth Elon not only tastes Tuscany, she savors every flavor, turns down every enticing road, and joyously reveals her long, profound and continuing appreciation of this place of endless pleasures. –Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun
"What Beth Elon has given us is not only a detailed and practical cookbook but also a traveler's guide – and a love letter to a place and a way of living. This is great food writing in the spirit of Elizabeth David." –Joan Didion
Beth Elon and her husband, the Israeli social historian Amos Elon, have lived in Tuscany for more than thirty years. Her previous books include The Pasta Book; The Big Book of Pasta, which was a bestseller in Israel; and A Mediterranean Farm Kitchen. She continues to write food columns for Israeli papers from her home in Italy. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 320
Dimensions: Length: 1" Width: 6" Height: 9.25"
Weight: 0.96 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Mar 24, 2009
Publisher Little Bookroom
ISBN 1892145685
EAN 9781892145680
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 | Wonderful insider's tour book and cookbook too Sep 12, 2009 |
| I am very excited to visit some of the places mentioned in this book, and the recipes look wonderful. | | |  | Nice combo of food and travel Sep 2, 2009 |
When reading Beth Elon's book you are transported to the sites and sounds of Tuscany. Elon combines travel experiences, history and food to give the armchair traveler and the cook some hands-on experience through reading.
Over fifty restaurants are visited in the book and each offers up authentic Tuscan recipes. Not only will you find recipes to cook in your kitchen, but if you get to Tuscany you'll be able to pick restaurants from the book to sample as you travel the hills and country side. The book would be worth taking with you as Elan also points out sites to see.
She included an absolutely wonderful recipe for Stuffed Zucchini Flowers which is why I picked the book having experienced these in my travels in Romania. Yum! A recipe that fascinated my granddaughters (and they even liked it) was the Exploding Beans which featured cranberry or borlotti beans. Had to do some looking to find them, but nutty flavor combined with garlic, rosemary and sage was wonderful.
If you like Tuscany and like food and like history this book is highly recommended both for the armchair traveler and for those that will go to Tuscany! | | |  | Not really a cookbook Aug 30, 2009 |
More of a travel book. Some of the simple things were missing...ie. whether to serve a dish warm or cold...were missing. She also did not mention what type of pot or pan to use...ie. I found myself with a mixing bowl when I should have had a saucepan. I ended up with every dish in the kitchen dirty. A real pain! Attention to those details would have made for a nicer cooking experience!
I love Tuscany and find charm in the little off the beaten path villages vs. Florence and Pisa. I was really looking forward to bringing some of it back home but it was a little difficult to enjoy. | | | | I think I might be offended by the reviewer who suggested... Jun 24, 2009 |
...you would enjoy this book if you were "over 50"! I am far from 50, yet still found this book a pleasure to read. It will come in handy if you are a foodie--of any age, ahem--who is traveling through Tuscany and would like to explore far from the tourist haunts. It's one part tour guide, one part cookbook, and one part armchair traveler/cultural immersion. Beth Elon's descriptions of the local characters are thoughtful and engaging, and her detailed information about local cuisine makes me want to try every recipe in this book.
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| I love all about Tuscany would love to live ther and be able to write about it | | | Write your own review about A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany: Exploring and Eating Off the Beaten Track
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