Eating My Way Through Italy: Heading Off the Main Roads to Discover the Hidden Treasures of the Italian Table

A cultural and culinary celebration of everything that makes Italian cuisine great, from Rome's resident gastronomic expert After a lifetime of living and eating in Rome, Elizabeth Minchilli is an expert on the city's cuisine.

While she's proud to share everything she knows about Rome, she now wants to show her devoted readers that the rest of Italy is a culinary treasure trove just waiting to be explored.

Far from being a monolithic gastronomic culture, each region of Italy offers its own specialties.

While fava beans mean one thing in Rome, they mean an entirely different thing in Puglia.

Risotto in a Roman trattoria? Don't even consider it.

Visit Venice and not eat cichetti? Unthinkable.

Eating My Way Through Italy celebrates the differences in the world's favorite cuisine.