I’m reading a cookbook I bought (and posted about on the forum) several months ago…The Roads to Rome, by Jarrett Wrisley and Paolo Vitaletti.
It’s as much a travelogue as it is a cookbook. The authors own an Italian restaurant in Bangkok (Vitaletti is the chef), and this book shows off recipes found throughout Rome, but goes a step further, taking the reader on a trip along the traditional trade routes that brought all the ingredients into Rome, from small villages and towns in Lazio, Campania, Umbria, and Abruzzo.
The narratives are compelling; it helps that Wrisley is a food writer by trade, and the recipes beckon (so many ingredients I’ve never heard of!), but the photographs…pure beauty, every one not just supporting the written words, but telling their own stories.
I can’t believe I bought this on deep discount for just a few bucks!