Rick Steves Italy for Food Lovers - Paperback

by Rick Steves (Author), Fred Plotkin (Author)

Sip, savor, and get the most out of every bite with Rick Steves! With this fun and practical guide to eating well in Italy, you'll:

• Indulge in the best of Italy's cuisine, from tantalizing antipasti and saucy pastas to luxurious gelato
• Get a taste of the coffee culture and vibrant wine scene
• Discover what to eat where with food and wine specialties from the country's 20 regions
• Find lists of Rick's favorite restaurants in every region
• Follow Rick's tips to find restaurants for any budget, smartly navigate the menu, and decipher the check
• Hurdle the language barrier with the ultimate Italian food glossary
• Enjoy full-color, inspiring photos throughout
• Commemorate your culinary adventures with a foldout souvenir poster map

Rick Steves and co-author Fred Plotkin have devoted decades to traveling through Italy. In this book, they pass along those lessons to you. Appreciate good food the way Italians do with Rick Steves Italy for Food Lovers.

Author Biography

Since 1973, Rick Steves has spent about 100 days a year exploring Europe. His mission: to empower Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable, and culturally broadening. Rick produces a best-selling guidebook series, a public television series, and a public radio show, and organizes small-group tours that take over 30,000 travelers to Europe annually. He does all of this with the help of more than 100 well-traveled staff members at Rick Steves' Europe in Edmonds, WA (near Seattle). When not on the road, Rick is active in his church and with advocacy groups focused on economic and social justice, drug policy reform, and ending hunger. To recharge, Rick plays piano, relaxes at his family cabin in the Cascade Mountains, and spends time with his son Andy, daughter Jackie, grandsons Atlas and Dashel, and favorite travel partner Shelley. Find out more about Rick at RickSteves.com and on Facebook.

Having written five definitive books on Italian food and wine, Fred Plotkin is an expert on Italy. He writes for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Opera News, Das Opernglas, and Gourmet and lectures on music for leading institutions, including Columbia University, the Juilliard School, and the Smithsonian. Plotkin is a popular guest on the intermission features of the Chevron Texaco-Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, and many shows on National Public Radio. He is also the author of the bestselling and acclaimed Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera, which is the standard text in North American for discovering the glories of opera.