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Di Renzo Anthony <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Bitter greens : essays on food, politics, and ethnicity from the imperial kitchen / / Anthony Di Renzo |
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Albany : , : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4384-3319-0 |
1-4416-7016-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxii, 193 pages) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in Italian/American culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cooking, Italian |
Food habits - Italy |
Food habits - United States |
Italian Americans - Food |
Italy Social life and customs |
United States Social life and customs |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Program and Menu -- Preface -- Keynote -- Antipasto -- Primo -- Secondo -- Contorno -- Dolce -- CaffÈ -- After-Dinner Speech -- Envoy -- Acknowledgments |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Despite the inclusion of six classic recipes, Bitter Greens is not an ethnic cookbook but a Roman banquet of political satire, cultural criticism, and culinary memoir. Set primarily in the Empire State and arranged like the courses of a traditional Italian meal, Anthony Di Renzo's wide-ranging essays meditate on Italian food at the noon of American imperialism and the twilight of ethnicity, exploring such issues as the Wegmans supermarket chain's conquest of Sicily; assembly-line sausages; the fabled onion fields of Canastota, New York; the tripe shops of postwar Brooklyn; Hunts Point Market and Andy Boy broccoli rabe; and the fatal lure of Sicilian chocolate. Is the new global supermarket a democratic feast, Di Renzo asks, or a cannibal potluck where consumers are themselves consumed? Sip an aperitif, toast Horace and Juvenal, and enjoy Chef Di Renzo's catered |
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symposium. It will feed your mind, tickle your ribs, and heal your spleen. |
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