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Informationen zum Autor Matthew Gavin Frank worked for over fifteen years in the food and restaurant industry in positions ranging from dishwasher to sous-chef, server to sommelier, menu consultant to catering-business owner, farmhand to janitor. An assistant professor of creative writing at Northern Michigan University, he has published essays in Gastronomica, Creative Nonfiction, and Best Food Writing 2006 and is the author of Pot Farm (Nebraska, 2012). Klappentext After a childhood of microwaved meat and saturated fat, Matthew Gavin Frank got serious about food. His "research" ultimately led him to Barolo, Italy (pop. 646), where, living out of a tent in the garden of a local farmhouse, he resolved to learn about Italian food from the ground up. Barolo is Frank's account of those six months. At once an intimate travelogue and a memoir of a culinary education, the book details the adventures of a not-so-innocent abroad in Barolo, a region known for its food and wine (also called Barolo). Upon arrival, Frank began picking wine grapes for famed vintner Luciano Sandrone. He tells how, between lessons in the art of the grape harvest, he discovered, explored, and savored the gustatory riches of Piemontese Italy. Along the way we meet the region's families and the many eccentric vintners, butchers, bakers, and restaurateurs who call Barolo home. Rich with details of real Italian small-town life, local foodstuffs, strange markets, and a circuslike atmosphere, Frank's story also offers a wealth of historical and culinary information, moments of flamboyance, and musings on foreign travel (and its many alien seductions), all filtered through food and wine. Zusammenfassung After a childhood of microwaved meat and saturated fat, Matthew Gavin Frank got serious about food. His ""research"" ultimately led him to Barolo, Italy (pop. 646), where, living out of a tent in the garden of a local farmhouse, he resolved to learn about Italian food from the ground up. Barolo is Frank's account of those six months. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments1. The Fewest Idiots 2. Dialing for Raffaella 3. The Boy Brings Me 4. Enough 5. Four Sips 6. All You Have to Do is Say, "Si" 7. Grape-Shaped Ball of Light 8. Between the Bell Beats 9. Red-Beard's Silent Deal 10. Dixieland Basement 11. Pruning 12. Follow the Steeple 13. Limbo on the Landscape 14. Slow 15. Halves 16. Luca Sandrone Enters Shakedown Street 17. Chandelier, Carpet, Mariuccia 18. Orange 19. The Bleary Music of Wineshop Franco 20. Breadstick Hydra 21. Raw Meat and Barry White ...
Klappentext
After a childhood of microwaved meat and saturated fat, Matthew Gavin Frank got serious about food. His "research" ultimately led him to Barolo, Italy (pop. 646), where, living out of a tent in the garden of a local farmhouse, he resolved to learn about Italian food from the ground up. Barolo is Frank's account of those six months. At once an intimate travelogue and a memoir of a culinary education, the book details the adventures of a not-so-innocent abroad in Barolo, a region known for its food and wine (also called Barolo). Upon arrival, Frank began picking wine grapes for famed vintner Luciano Sandrone. He tells how, between lessons in the art of the grape harvest, he discovered, explored, and savored the gustatory riches of Piemontese Italy. Along the way we meet the region's families and the many eccentric vintners, butchers, bakers, and restaurateurs who call Barolo home. Rich with details of real Italian small-town life, local foodstuffs, strange markets, and a circuslike atmosphere, Frank's story also offers a wealth of historical and culinary information, moments of flamboyance, and musings on foreign travel (and its many alien seductions), all filtered through food and wine.
Inhalt
Acknowledgments
The Fewest Idiots
Dialing for Raffaella
The Boy Brings Me
Enough
Four Sips
All You Have to Do is Say, "Si"
Grape-Shaped Ball of Light
Between the Bell Beats
Red-Beard's Silent Deal
Dixieland Basement
Pruning
Follow the Steeple
Limbo on the Landscape
Slow
Halves
Luca Sandrone Enters Shakedown Street
Chandelier, Carpet, Mariuccia
Orange
The Bleary Music of Wineshop Franco
Breadstick Hydra
Raw Meat and Barry White
When She Draws It, She Draws It
The Unfinished
Trust the Pear
Italian Butcher Shop Blues
Instructions of Ercole
Laundry
The Other Side of Tonight
Billboards, Booths, and Cameras
Valentina and the First Taste
Six Barolos, Four Figs
From Barolo to Vinegar
The Truffle of the Barn
Sleeptasting
One More Song
Heroes and Villains Commune Over Ceci
Nightpicking
La Partenza della Filovia
The Dateless Label
Something Small to Tide Me Over
Late
He Was Right