From the Luganega to the Calabrese, Italian sausages come in all shapes & sizes
- short & fat, long & thin, horseshoe-shaped
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Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. His past is about to catch up with him. The figure approaching in the freezing cold is Harriet, the only woman he has ever loved, the woman he abandoned in order to go & study in America forty years earlier. She has sought him out in the hope that he will honour a promise made many years ago. Now in the late stages of a terminal illness, she wants to visit a small lake in northern Sweden, a place Welin`s father took him once as a boy. He upholds his pledge & drives her to this beautiful pool hidden deep in the forest. On the journey through the desolate snow-covered landscape, Welin reflects on his impoverished childhood & the woman he later left behind. However, once there Welin discovers that Harriet has left the biggest surprise until last. ...

Italian Shortcut in a selection of language titles from Berlitz, to aid you before & during your travels. Berlitz have been producing language titles & promoting language learning for more than 125years. Catalogue selection comprising the following Berlitz series: Phrase books & Dictionaries, Phrase books & CDs, Shortcuts to ...

We`re all familiar with Italy`s classic recipes, but few are aware of the traditional dishes that come from a burgeoning street-food scene. Hidden behind the town squares, away from the touristy restaurants & down laneways are little-known gems offering up some of Italy`s tastiest & best-kept secret dishes that the locals don`t want you to know about. Italians are a social bunch who love to share, therefore it comes as no surprise that food is often prepared & shared on the streets & in the laneways. Italian Street Food is not just another Italian cookbook; it delves into these back streets to bring you some of Italy`s most exciting food. Learn how to make authentic polpettine, arancini, stuffed cuttlefish, cannolis & fritters, & perfect your gelati-making skills with authentic Italian flavours such as lemon & basil, affogato & aperol & orange. With beautiful stories & photography throughout, Italian Street Food brings an old & much-loved cuisine into a whole new light. ...

In this elegant book Richard Bosworth explores Venice
- not the glorious Venice of the Venetian Republic, but from the fall of
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1, 000 two-sided Vocabulary Study Cards will help students of all ages learn, review & build confidence in their Italian! They have been compiled by an experienced teacher to help you improve your Italian vocabulary at your own pace. They are totally portable & interactive, making them ideal for individual study or for quizzing your friends! ...

' Italian Waters Pilot' is the only guide for yachtsmen in English that covers the coasts of the Tyrrhenian Sea, Sardinia, Sicily, the Ionian 'heel' & Malta in one volume. This new eighth edition contains numerous revisions throughout, but in particular the text, plans & photographs have been completely overhauled. There are a large number of new & amended plans & Rod Heikell has taken a lot of care to research the details of marine developments. Where it has been available information is given on proposed changes & extensions to yacht harbours. Marine reserves are now an important feature of the coasts & off-lying islands, particularly in Sardinia & Sicily, & this edition provides updated details of the latest regulations. ' Italian Waters Pilot' is the last word on the area for yachts cruising there & on their way between western & eastern parts of the Mediterranean. Rod Heikell has also authored companion guides on France, Greece & Turkey which are acclaimed as the best pilot books currently available. Recommended by the Royal Cruising Club & The Cruising Association. ...

` Italian Waters Pilot` is the only guide for yachtsmen in English that covers the coasts of the Tyrrhenian Sea, Sardinia, Sicily, the Ionian `heel` & Malta in one volume. This new eighth edition contains numerous revisions throughout, but in particular the text, plans & photographs have been completely overhauled. There are a large number of new & amended plans & Rod Heikell has taken a lot of care to research the details of marine developments. Where it has been available information is given on proposed changes & extensions to yacht harbours. Marine reserves are now an important feature of the coasts & off-lying islands, particularly in Sardinia & Sicily, & this edition provides updated details of the latest regulations. ` Italian Waters Pilot` is the last word on the area for yachts cruising there & on their way between western & eastern parts of the Mediterranean. Rod Heikell has also authored companion guides on France, Greece & Turkey which are acclaimed as the best pilot books currently available. Recommended by the Royal Cruising Club & The Cruising Association. ...

From the bestselling author of Italian Neighbours, An Italian Education & A Season with Verona In Italian Ways, bestselling writer Tim Parks brings us a fresh portrait of Italy today through a wry account of his train journeys around the country. Whether describing his daily commute from Milan to Verona, his regular trips to Florence & Rome, or his occasional sojourns to Naples & Sicily, Parks uses his thirty years of amusing & maddening experiences on Italian trains to reveal what he calls the `charmingly irritating dystopian paradise` of Italy. Through memorable encounters with ordinary Italians
- conductors & ticket collectors, priests & prostitutes, scholars & lovers, gypsies & immigrants
- Parks captures what makes Italian life distinctive. Italian Ways also explores how trains helped build Italy & how the railways reflect Italians` sense of themselves from Garibaldi to Mussolini to Berlusconi & beyond. Most of all, Italian Ways is an entertaining attempt to capture the essence of modern Italy.

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The sixteenth edition of ' Italian Wines', published by Gambero Rosso & Slow Food Editore, a translation of the twenty-fifth edition of the Italian version, is the world's most complete guide to quality Italian wines. More than 70 tasters travelled around Italy all year long, searching for the best bottles. The tastings
- all blind
- took place in consortiums & local chambers of commerce & were supported by experts in the sector, sommeliers & trade operators. The guide is organised in a very simple, clear & functional way. First, there is a section that identifies the winery
- name, address, number of hectares of vineyard, method of cultivation (conventional, organic, biodynamic or natural). Then, the entry tells the story of the winery & the territory where it is situated. Finally, the guide describes the wines, which are evaluated by the celebrated method of Bicchieri, or glasses, ranging from one to a maximum of Tre Bicchieri. The guide also pays special attention to wineries that are sensitive to the environment & to achieving naturalness in their products, awarding Tre Bicchieri Verdi to bottles that come from those with a particular regard for the environment.


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