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Acquacotta

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Recipes and Stories from Tuscany's Secret Silver Coast

by Emiko Davies
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/03/2017
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Discover the cuisine of a secret part of southernmost Tuscany, a sliver of land known as La Costa D’Argento — the silver coast. Named for the shimmery salt-and-pepper sand along this part of the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is a region of rolling hills, long beaches, overgrown fig trees, rambling vineyards – and rich culinary history.

In Acquacotta, Tuscan-based, Australian-born writer and photographer Emiko Davies has compiled and adapted her Italian family’s best-loved recipes from Capalbio, Monte Argentario, Giglio Island and inland to the hot springs of Saturnia and the ancient Pitigliano.

In words and pictures, Emiko guides readers through the use of local ingredients, as well as sharing the history of rustic, storied dishes including scampi and potato soup, hand-rolled strozzapreti noodles, spinach and ricotta tortelli, chestnut gnocchi and the classic fig and chocolate bread, pagnotella. Plus, of course, the book’s namesake acquacotta, a quintessential Maremman peasant dish that captures the spirit of this special place.

Acquacotta is Emiko's second book, after Florentine.

ISBN:
9781743792117
9781743792117
Category:
National & regional cuisine
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-03-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Books
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
254x200.15x31.75mm
Weight:
1.14kg
Emiko Davies

Emiko Davies lives in Florence with her husband and two daughters. She writes about regional Italian food and travel on her blog, as well as for publications such as Gourmet Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, Food52 and Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Her beautiful Italian cookbooks include Florentine, Acquacotta, Tortellini at Midnight, Torta della Nonna and Cinnamon and Salt.

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Emiko Davies invites us into her life in regional Tuscany by sharing local traditions and culinary practices. The background information she provides is comprehensive, authentic and extremely well written. It’s trite to trot out the same platitudes but Davies really does invite us to understand what it means to fully adopt a local Italian life. Thanks Davies for sharing your local wisdom. Love the aesthetic of the book too and it’s sitting right in the middle of our coffee table.

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