{"product_id":"stolen-figs-and-other-adventures-in-calabria-9780865476967","title":"Stolen Figs: And Other Adventures in Calabria","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalabria is the toe of the boot that is Italy \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ea rugged peninsula where grapevines and fig and olive trees cling to the mountainsides during scorching summers. Calabria is also a seedbed of Italian-American culture; in North America, more people of Italian heritage trace their roots to Calabria than to almost any other region in Italy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark Rotella's \u003ci\u003eStolen Figs \u003cb\u003e-- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003enamed a Best Travel Book of 2003 by\u003ci\u003e Condé Nast Traveler \u003cb\u003e-- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a marvelous evocation of Calabria. A grandson of Calabrese immigrants, Rotella persuades his father to visit the region for the first time in thirty years; once there, he meets Giuseppe, a postcard photographer who becomes his guide. As they travel around the region, Giuseppe initiates Rotella \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand the reader \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003einto its secrets: how to make a soppressata and 'nduja, and, of course, how to steal a fig without committing a crime. \u003ci\u003eStolen Figs\u003c\/i\u003e is a model travelogue \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eat once charming and wise, and full of an earthy and unpretentious sense of life that now, as ever, characterizes Calabria and its people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Rotella\u003c\/b\u003e works as an editor at \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"North Point Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492188197138,"sku":"9780865476967","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cbc95731-c953-4077-835b-551955d1044e.jpg?v=1730576047","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stolen-figs-and-other-adventures-in-calabria-9780865476967","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}