Travel with your fork
Join renowned chef and restaurateur G. Franco Romagnoli and his wife Gwen on a delicious journey through Italy's culinary landscape. In a narrative based on decades of travelling the country, the Romagnolis coax the rare specialties of each region onto their plates--Val d'Aosta zuppas, each as different as the valley it comes from; the famous veal tripe of Tuscany; and risotto with frog legs from Lake Orta. Throughout their travels, the Romagnolis meet the people and explore the customs at the heart of the cuisine--from centuries-old tuna fishing rituals to olive oil pressing in Puglia to the harvesting of the grapes. Recipes are included in every chapter, allowing you to create the rarest and most authentic Italian dishes in your own kitchen. As bedside reading, a travel companion, or a kitchen essential, Italy, the Romagnoli Way is certain to inspire.

Rome native G. Franco Romagnoli first introduced American television viewers to Italian cooking back in the 1960s, when he starred with his late wife Margaret on two television series for PBS-TV, including "The Romagnolis' Table." The first cooking show of its kind led the couple to national fame, during which they wrote nine cookbooks, toured the world giving cooking demonstrations, and opened several restaurants in the Boston area. Romagnoli continued to teach cooking and to write articles for The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Gourmet magazine, Food & Wine, and The Atlantic Monthly. He remarried in 1998 and now he and his wife Gwen present an unforgettable tour of Italy's lesser known, secret jewels: trout from the mountain streams of Val d'Aosta; the cannelloni and wild venison of Tuscany; risotto with frogs' legs from Lake Orta; couscous with capers from Pantelleria; truffles from Alba, as well as cultural history such as the tuna hunting ritual mattanza on the Egadi islands and olive oil pressing in Puglia. Sharing the geography, history, and art of each region as well as the character of its people, the Romagnolis bring little-known Italy to life--and to our tables--with full-color photographs to please travelers, food lovers and armchair dreamers.