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GARRUBBO GUIDE GUIDA GARRUBBO THE GARRUBBO GUIDE is a lovingly curated GARRUBBO handbook to the delicious importance of Italian food, wine, and culture. It can be a handy kitchen reference or a trusted travel companion, but above all it is an inspiration, an exaltation, and a guide to GUIDE the adventure of Italian food and culture through the last 3,000 years. LA GUIDA GARRUBBO covers everything you need to know about the most popular Italian e Importance of foods, from bread and olive oil, to prosciutto and mozzarella, to panini, pizza, and pasta . all the way to gelato, Eating Italian espresso, and sambuca! e comprehensive chapter on wine simpli es the elaborate world of Italian wine. Adorned with simple and happy illustrations, the book contains an extensive Italian food glossary, a detailed table of pasta shapes, as well as e sample menus from Italy’s 20 regional cuisines. Also learn the Importance famous Italian “food rules,” and a bit of history, grammar, and of geography, all right here, in a fun, easy, and stylish handbook. Eating Italian EDWIN GARRUBBO visit garrubbo.com $24.95 ISBN 978-0-9890291-2-4 52495> EDWIN GARRUBBO 9 780989 029124 GARRUBBO GUIDE GUIDA GARRUBBO THE GARRUBBO GUIDE is a lovingly curated GARRUBBO handbook to the delicious importance of Italian food, wine, and culture. It can be a handy kitchen reference or a trusted travel companion, but above all it is an inspiration, an exaltation, and a guide to GUIDE the adventure of Italian food and culture through the last 3,000 years. LA GUIDA GARRUBBO covers everything GARRUBBO you need to know about the most popular Italian e Importance of foods, from bread and olive oil, to prosciutto and mozzarella, to panini, pizza, and pasta . all the way to gelato, Eating Italian GUIDE espresso, and sambuca! e comprehensive chapter on wine simpli es the elaborate world of Italian wine. Adorned with simple and happy illustrations, the book contains an extensive Italian food glossary, a detailed table of pasta shapes, as well as e sample menus from Italy’s 20 regional cuisines. Also learn the Importance famous Italian “food rules,” and a bit of history, grammar, and of geography, all right here, in a fun, easy, and stylish handbook. Eating Italian EDWIN GARRUBBO visit garrubbo.com $24.95 ISBN 978-0-9890291-2-4 52495> EDWIN GARRUBBO 9 780989 029124 Excerpt From: GARRUBBO GUIDE: The Importance of Eating Italian By Edwin Garrubbo. Copyright © 2020 Edwin Garrubbo. All rights reserved. GARRUBBO /VÃV?âV¦ GUIDE e Importance of Eating Italian Copyright © 2020 Edwin Garrubbo. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced— mechanically, electronically, or by any other means, including photocopying— without the written permission of the publisher. Published in the United States by Garrubbo Communications, LLC. www.Garrubbo.com Garrubbo® and Sunday Pasta® are registered trademarks of Garrubbo Communications, LLC. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request. ISBN 978-0-9890291-2-4 eISBN 978-0-9890291-3-1 Printed in China. EDWIN GARRUBBO Excerpt From: GARRUBBO GUIDE: The Importance of Eating Italian By Edwin Garrubbo. Copyright © 2020 Edwin Garrubbo. All rights reserved. CONTENTS PREFACE • PREFAZIONE ...................................7 5. First Courses • Primi ................................... 81 INSIDE THIS BOOK ........................................10 a. Pasta b. Soups • Minestra, zuppa e minestrone c. Rice • Riso e risotto SECTION I: d. Corn Meal • Polenta The Culture of Italian Cuisine • La cultura della cucina italiana 6. Second Courses • Secondi.............................. 1. A Little Geography • Un po’ di geografia.................. 16 93 a. Meat • Carne 2. A Bit of Grammar • Un po’ di grammatica. 18 3. A Brief History of Italian Cuisine • Breve storia b. Fowl • Pollame c. Fish • Pesce della cucina italiana .................................... 22 4. The Government is Involved and Proud • Il governo d. Popular Methods of Preparation for Secondi 7. Vegetables and Side Dishes • Contorni ................... è coinvolto e orgoglioso ................................ 28 99 5. The Italian Relationship with Food • Il rapporto 8. Cheese • Formaggio ................................... 103 9. Fruits and Nuts • Frutta e Noci .......................... degli italiani col cibo ................................... 31 112 a. Fruits 6. The Six Ms • Le sei M .................................. 35 b. Nuts 7. Italian Food Rules • Le regole del cibo italiano............. 38 8. The Structure of an Italian Meal • La struttura di 10. Sweets and Desserts • Dolci............................ 117 a. Ice Cream • Gelato un pasto italiano....................................... 46 b. Pastries • Pasticceria 9. Where to Eat • Dove mangiare .......................... 50 c. Cookies • Biscotti d. Candy • Dolciumi SECTION II: 11. Coffee • Caffè......................................... 127 The Elements of Italian Cuisine • Gli elementi della cucina italiana 12. Beverages • Bevande .................................. 136 1. Bread • Pane .......................................... 52 a. Water • Acqua a. Bread b. Aperitives • Aperitivi b. Sandwiches • Panini c. Digestives • Digestivi c. Pizza d. Beer • Birra d. Snacks • Merende 2. Appetizers • Antipasti.................................. 64 a. Cold Cuts • Affettati SECTION III: b. Table Olives • Olive da tavola The Wines of Italy • I vini italiani.............................. 145 1. Overview 3. Olive Oil • Olio d’oliva .................................. 71 2. Red Grapes • Uve rosse 4. Condiments • Condimenti............................... 74 a. Vinegar • Aceto 3. Whites Grapes • Uve bianche b. Herbs • Erbe c. Spices • Spezie Excerpt From: GARRUBBO GUIDE: The Importance of Eating Italian By Edwin Garrubbo. Copyright © 2020 Edwin Garrubbo. All rights reserved. SECTION IV: PREFACE • PREFAZIONE The Regional Foods of Italy • I piatti regionali italiani 1. Abruzzo e Molise...................................... 168 2. Calabria e Basilicata ................................... 170 To all of the madness, I say, Eat! Mangia! 3. Campania ............................................ 172 4. Emilia-Romagna....................................... 175 5. Friuli Venezia Giulia.................................... 178 6. Lazio................................................. 180 It is New Year’s Day 2019. I am in Rome, where I have come to eat, pray, 7. Liguria ............................................... 183 and write . and to eat some more. I just saw Pope Francis deliver his 8. Lombardia............................................ 186 annual blessing to an enormous crowd in St. Peter’s Square. A tiny speck in 9. Marche............................................... 189 his apartment window, he could not be seen, only heard. He implored us to 10. Piemonte............................................. 192 11. Puglia................................................ 195 be “artigiani della pace (artisans of peace), which begins at home.” I thought 12. Sardegna............................................. 198 to myself, “Such a powerful and beautiful statement . but am I allowed 13. Sicilia ................................................ 201 to correct the pope?” I think that he actually meant to say, “Peace begins 14. Toscana.............................................. 204 at home, in the kitchen. Peace begins with food.” He was broadly correct, 15. Trentino-Alto Adige ................................... 207 however, and armed with his words of wisdom, I said thank you for the 16. Umbria............................................... 209 17. Valle d’Aosta.......................................... 212 inspiration and set o in search of a bowl of spaghetti alla carbonara. 18. Veneto............................................... 214 I’m heading home in a couple of days, and so I will devour as many bowls of spaghetti alla carbonara as is humanly possible prior to my depar- SECTION V: ture. My gluttony is certainly not in line with the exalted Italian approach Table of Pasta • Tabella delle forme di pasta ...................217 to food, which is driven by moderation, and the strong desire to fare bella gura (to make a beautiful gure, which is another way of saying “keeping SECTION VI: up appearances”). Overeating does not help one to fare bella gura. And, as Glossary • Glossario......................................... 224 you will read, my goal in writing this book is to get people to eat as Italians Bibliography ..............................................258 do, and so I am a hypocrite. Sure, I could muster up the fortitude to curtail my pasta intake over the next few days, but why do that? I’m here and the food and scenery are spectacularly delicious. Plus, at home I’m starved of this quality. Yes, I make pasta at home, but it is just not the same. Maybe the local ingredients are better, or the water, or the local skills are better, or maybe it’s the beautiful atmosphere and charming waiters. Of course, I am not the rst “If we want things to stay as they are, person to make such observations. Italians have always taken food seriously, things will have to change.” and as a result, millions of people come to Italy every year just to eat the food. Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo (e Leopard) For the Italians, food is about compassion, sharing, love, kindness, family, friendship, beauty, art, history, work, appreciation, health, pride, responsibility, happiness, peace, and spirituality. ese are the essence of civilization,