How Italian Food Conquered the World

"[An] entertaining and savory gastronomical history of the cuisine of Italy and how it won over appetites worldwide." —USA Today

Not so long ago, Italian food was regarded as a poor man's gruel—little more than pizza, macaroni with sauce, and red wines in a box. Here, John Mariani shows how the Italian immigrants to America created, through perseverance and sheer necessity, an Italian-American food culture, and how it became a global obsession. The book begins with the Greek, Roman, and Midd...