{"product_id":"dinner-in-rome-a-history-of-the-world-in-one-meal-9781789146745","title":"Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith a celebrated food writer as host, a delectable history of Roman cuisine and the world--served one dish at a time. Now in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum,\" writes Andreas Viestad in \u003ci\u003eDinner in Rome\u003c\/i\u003e. From the table of a classic Roman restaurant, Viestad takes us on a fascinating culinary exploration of the Eternal City and global civilization. Food, he argues, is history's secret driving force. Viestad finds deeper meanings in his meal: He uses the bread that begins his dinner to trace the origins of wheat and its role in Rome's rise as well as its downfall. With his fried artichoke antipasto, he explains olive oil's part in the religious conflict of sixteenth-century Europe. And, from his sorbet dessert, he recounts how lemons featured in the history of the Mafia in the nineteenth century and how the hunger for sugar fueled the slave trade. Viestad's dinner may be local, but his story is universal. His \"culinary archaeology\" is an entertaining, flavorful journey across the dinner table and time. Readers will never look at spaghetti carbonara the same way again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndreas Viestad\u003c\/b\u003e is a food writer, TV chef, restaurateur, and food activist. He is the longtime host of \u003ci\u003eNew Scandinavian Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e airing on PBS in the United States and in over fifty countries, a former columnist of the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and a founder of Geitmyra Culinary Center for Children in Norway. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eKitchen of Light\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhere Flavor was Born\u003c\/i\u003e and lives between Oslo and Cape Town.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50705898144018,"sku":"9781789146745","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9141f7b6-e6e0-4fde-9ad5-91026817fa23.jpg?v=1734488823","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dinner-in-rome-a-history-of-the-world-in-one-meal-9781789146745","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}