How To Eataly: The Ultimate Guide to Buying, Cooking & Enjoying Authentic Italian Food - Perfect for Home Chefs & Italian Cuisine Lovers

"How To Eataly: A Guide to Buying, Cooking, and Eating Italian Food" is an outstanding and comprehensive guide to basic Italian food terminology and classic recipes, as well as a quick survey of techniques and sources. In Italy the book is available as "I love Eataly. Il cibo italiano narrato e cucinato".Although the name and brand EATALY is in the United States associated with Mario Batali, who along with his partners are the US partners of the brand, EATALY, founded in Italy by Oscar Farinetti, has been a presence in major urban centers in Italy since 2007. As such it has in many ways revolutionized Italian gourmet food stuff selling in Italy which, in some places, like Florence for example, has been plagued by local shops charging sky high prices and huge markups to tourists having major Italian food-gasms at the sight of culinary treats and ingredients that are hard to find in the US. Although EATALY's prices are not low in the shop they are usually much lower than the tourist trap food boutiques that cluster in tourist areas. In Italy EATALY also has a very good web site and mail order business that can supply almost everything sold in the Italian EATALY shops."How To Eataly" is not cutting edge info, it's traditional. But what's presented is spot on with staple recipes and a lot of solid info about Italian food cooking and preparation practices. It's beautifully illustrated and laid out, as one would expect from a book published by Rizzoli. A great addition to the resources of any cook interested in Italian food, and for any traveler planning a restaurant and market tour in Italy. RECOMMENDED.