Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well

Pellegrino Artusi (1820-1911) was an Italian businessman and writer and is credited world-wide as the Inventor of Italian Cuisine. Originally a silk merchant, Artusi brought his passion for science, health, and food to Italy and beyond.Luigi Ballerini is an award-winning poet, essayist, translator, curator and editor, and professor emeritus of Italian literature at the University of California Los Angeles.Murtha Baca's translations include several manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, An Italian Renaissance Sextet: Six Tales in Historical Context (edited by Lauro Martines) and Pellegrino Artusi's Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well.

• Foreword by Michele Scicolone Introduction: A as in Artusi, G as in Gentleman and Gastronome by Luigi Ballerini The Story of a Book That Is a Bit Like the Story of Cinderella Preface From the Author to the Reader A Few Health Guidelines The Nutritional Value of Meats Admonition The Recipes: Broths, Aspic, and Sauces Soups and Pastas with Broth Pasta Dishes and Soups in Vegetable Stock Appetizers Sauces Eggs Doughs and Batters Stuffings Fried Foods Boiled Meats Entrements Stews Cold Dishes Vegetables and Legumes Types and Seasons of Fishes Roasted Meats Pastries, Cakes, and Sweets Cakes and Spoon Desserts Syrups Preserves Liqueurs Ice Creams Miscellaneous Recipes Appendix Foods for Weak Stomachs Suggested Dinner Menus Luncheons List of Recipes Index I: Names of Dishes in Italian Index II: Names of Dishes in English

"Artusi's book stands with Manzoni's great novel, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed), and the music of Verdi as works that not only are great unto themselves but represented a sense of identity and self-worth to a nascent country with no nationalistic feeling ... Artusi chose to give Italians their definition by telling them how they ate ... Anyone who seeks to know Italian food avoids Artusi at his or her peril. He is the fountainhead of modern Italian cookery." - Fred Plotkin Gastronomica"One of the defining documents of what it means to be Italian." - John Allemang The Globe and Mail"A landmark work in Italian culture." - Darby Macnab Tandem