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mythyagain's review against another edition
5.0
I received this book free through First Reads. I honestly loved this book. The author is an American who first moved to Italy at age 12. She takes you on a tour of Rome through food. You learn cultural differences, such as it is taboo to actually handle the produce you intend to buy at an open market. Other cultural tips abound, such as it's only socially acceptable to eat pizza or gelato while walking down the street. Each chapter contains several recipes and an entire chapter is devoted to artichokes. This book makes you want to visit Rome for the food alone and if that is out of your budget, you can armchair surf via this book. I can't wait to try some of the recipes. My only warning: don't read this book while hungry or you'll be tempted to gnaw on the pages of photographs.
bookboss85's review against another edition
3.0
While I loved the whole Italian aspect of it, it was more recipes and where to find things when you go to the city. I agree that it is an amazing book and would recommend it to anyone traveling to Rome for the first or tenth time, I was just annoyed by the lack of Italian life style and culture.
mjmbecky's review against another edition
5.0
Great advice. I love the personal advice here & obvious love affair w/ Rome & its food. I can't wait to visit!
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review
5.0
Food...Rome...recipes...recommendations...rumination...what else would you want in a book that shares the best of eating in Rome?
johannah's review
4.0
Three books in one! First, Minchilli has written a food memoir of her life in Rome - all the places she goes, her favorite foods, family, farmers markets, gelato. Second, she includes a guide book for anyone who goes to Rome to find her favorite places. Finally, she provides recipes for many of the foods she discusses - mostly food one cannot find in standard Italian cookbooks. For me (and I love to read cookbooks) it was a page-turner. Why not 5 stars? Grammar. She writes in a very conversational style, which is nice, but the book is full of sentences-that-are-not-sentences and odd informal English. I found myself catching on the words and asking, what is she saying, a few too many times. Still, loved it.
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