Italy has long been romanticized as an idyllic place.
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Representing Italy Through Food is the first book to examine how these perceptions are constructed, sustained, promoted, and challenged.
While such images oversimplify the complex reality of modern Italy, they are central to how Italy is imagined by Italians and non-Italians alike.
Italian Food and foodways play an important part in this romanticization - from bountiful bowls of fresh pasta to bottles of Tuscan wine.
Italy has long been romanticized as an idyllic place