Acquacotta: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany's Secret Silver Coast

(Hardback, Second Edition)

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Discover the cuisine of a secret part of southernmost Tuscany, known as La Costa DArgento the silver coast, in the second edition ofAcquacotta.In this cookbook, Tuscan-based, Australian-born writer and photographer Emiko Davies has compiled and adapted her Italian familys best-loved recipes from Capalbio, Monte Argentario, Giglio Island and inland to the hot springs of Saturnia and the ancient Pitigliano.

It is a celebration of the region that's named for the shimmery salt-and-pepper sand along this part of the Tyrrhenian Sea, its rolling hills, long beaches, overgrown fig trees, rambling vineyards and rich culinary history. The latest iteration ofAcquacottafeatures a beautiful new cover and a vegetarian and gluten-free index that highlights a different side to Italian cuisine.

In words and pictures, Emiko guides readers through the use of local ingredients, as well as sharing the history of rustic, storied dishes including scampi and potato soup, hand-rolled strozzapreti noodles, spinach and ricotta tortelli, chestnut gnocchi and the classic fig and chocolate bread, pagnotella. Plus, of course, the books namesake acquacotta, a quintessential Maremman peasant dish that captures the spirit of this special place.

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Acquacotta is a serious and authoritative homage to the foodways of this little-known but lovely corner of Tuscany, its history, its influences, its landscape and its wonderful produce. Every dish in this book respects local knowledge and tradition and thanks to the authors brilliant photography, its essential nature is revealed for all to see and understand. I love it. Stephanie Alexander

Author Bio

Emiko Davieslivesin Florence with her husband and two daughters. She writes about regional Italian food and travel on her blog, as well as for publications such asGourmet Traveller,Cond Nast Traveler, Food52 and Italian newspaperCorriere della Sera. Her beautiful Italian cookbooks includeFlorentine,Acquacotta,Tortellini at Midnight, Torta della NonnaandCinnamon and Salt.