Italian Snacking
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ITALIAN FOOD HAS CAPTIVATED OUR TASTE BUDS FOR CENTURIES.
Combining simplicity and creativity, it enchants with an alchemy of high-quality ingredients, dishes tied to the specialties of their region, and the experience of being at the table. This is even true of Italy's snack foods-which are prepared and enjoyed with as much passion as any meal.
Anna Francese Gass has been fascinated with Italian cooking since childhood, when her Calabrian nonna would feed her homemade taralli (flavored breadsticks) from her outdoor oven and her parents would treat her to midmorning budino di riso (rice pudding cups) during their summers in Florence. She has since traveled throughout the country to study the food of each region, and re-created these delicacies back home. In this book, she brings you the complete range of Italy's ample and enviable snacking culture, with recipes drawn from all around the country. Moving from dawn to dusk, she shares recipes for spuntini di metà mattina (midmorning snacks often enjoyed with a second-or third - coffee), merenda (the cherished after-school treat for children that also offers adults a way to stave off hunger before dinner), and aperitivi (delightful early-evening bites meant to be enjoyed with drinks).
Also included is a chapter of delicacies from Italy's robust culture of cibo della strada (street food), often eaten late at night (and the one instance in which Italians might eat on the go). Featuring gorgeous photographs of these dishes and the markets, cafés, bars, and pasticcerie that inspired them, this book will make snacking feel equally as enticing as your next meal-if not more.