Eating Rome: Living the Good Life in the Eternal City

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Based on her blog, Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome, Eating Rome is Minchilli's homage to the city that feeds her, literally and figuratively. While Italian food tops most lists of favorite cuisines, Rome is a city people dream about; but, it's a city that can be hard to navigate like a native. Fear not: In Eating Rome Minchilli shows you just how to live the good life in The Eternal City. Minchilli has organized Eating Rome around the highlights of Roman food culture -coffee, pasta, gelato, shopping in the market, the soft-landing of an after-dinner amari, the heavenly taste of cream-filled pastries, the delights (yes) of offal, etc. -and opens her little black book of recommendations to the best Rome has to offer. The chapters include: The City that Feeds Me, Rome's Perfect Restaurant (At Least For Me), How to Eat Pizza Like a Roman - and many more. Illustrated throughout with Minchilli's beautiful full-color photos and enriched with her favorite recipes for specialties like vignarola, Eating Rome will be indispensable for people who love Rome and visit often or for those who are planning their first trip. Even if you just want to spend a few hours armchair traveling, Elizabeth Minchilli is the person you want by your side when you fly to Rome.

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"Elizabeth Minchilli unlocks the secret door to reveal a thrilling world of Roman food - not just the best places to go but also why Italians adore them. I loved reading this deeply charming book and I can't wait to make the recipes!" --Ina Garten

"A truly insider's culinary guide to Rome, Elizabeth Minchilli takes us into the trattorias, caffs, pizzerias, and gelaterias of Rome. Each time I've been to the city, I've turned to Elizabeth for advice and have never been steered wrong. In Eating Rome, she generously shares all she loves about this delicious city, including recipes and favorite addresses, with everyone, and makes me hungry to go back. In fact, after reading these pages, if you're anything like me, you'll be ready to book a flight to Rome - pronto!" --David Lebovitz, author of My Paris Kitchen

"Minchilli's passion for food and Rome has produced a charming personal culinary itinerary and guidebook" --Publishers Weekly

"One of the 8 Travel Memoirs that Will Inspire You to See the World in 2015" --PeterGreenberg.com

"If planning to dine in Rome or cook like a Roman, this is the book for you." --Library Journal

"Eating Rome is geared to enhance the Roman eating experience through an appreciation of its conventions... Eating Rome is not cultural anthropology: It's a collection of predigested insights that speaks to the bourgeois American traveling in bourgeois Rome. If you fit that demographic (and most of us vacationing in Europe do), then you'll find this book a handy navigator whether in Rome for two days or two months, and a delicious gift for someone who is embarking on a trip to Italy, especially if it is their first." --The Wall Street Journal

Author Bio

Elizabeth Helman Minchilli is the author of six books on the joys of Italian life. Minchilli's passion for Italy led her from her native United States, where she studied architectural history, to Italy in 1987. She writes on architecture, design, food, and travel for a variety of publications. She lives in Rome, Italy.