Venice and Food

By Sally Spector

In this book, Sally Spector, who is from Chicago and now lives in Venice, takes us on a mouth- watering culinary trip; her historical love affair with food quite literally gives us a taste of Venice. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8877431733
• ISBN13: 9788877431738
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Arsenale Editrice
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.6" x 0.8" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

A beautiful book of art, history and the character of Venice

I purchased this book soon after it came out. I found it at the wonderful Kepler's bookstore in Menlo Park, California in among the cookbooks. Which makes sense, because, in part Venice & Food is a cookbook. But Venice & Food is two other thing as well: a book about Venice and its history and an art book of Ms. Spector's remarkable drawings of Venice. What is also remarkable about this book is that it is not typeset. The book is entirely written in Ms. Spector's hand printed text and the illustrations are annotated with her script. Ms. Spector is a wonderful artist and her drawings of Venice are beautiful. The drawings illustrate essays on topics ranging from where Venice gets its fresh water to the history of corn in Europe and Venice. Since this is a cookbook, Ms. Spector also writes about the history of food and cooking in Venice, including a few accounts of modern food. In writing about food and cooking through history, Ms. Spector comments that for the vast majority of people through most of human history, the concern was not about the sensuality of food, but simply having a full stomach. The beautiful artwork, the observations about Venice, its history and its food are what make this book a treasure. I am sad to say that I read the book cover to cover and did not find a recipe that I wanted to make. Although I will not be using this as a cookbook, I will always treasure the book for its beauty.

Beautiful!

Just another rave review for this beautiful book. If you love Venice, you will love this book. If you know anyone who loves Venice, get them this book as a gift. Sally Spector knows Venice and obviously loves the city. Her drawings and history of details behind the food and recipes is a joy to read and to look at. If you have been to Venice, this book will take you back and get you looking forward to your next trip. In the meantime, you can savor the delicious recipes and the warmth of Venice and Food....

Dreamy Venice

I think this is a most beautiful cookbook. The illustrations are so beautiful and capture the essence of Venice. It is a precious book to own and as a gift would be teasured.

Brava, Sally Spector

This wonderful history of Venetian cooking records the traditional recipes and how they came about. Emphasizing fresh ingredients and authentic taste, it is a beautifully-illustrated journey through the neighborhoods of Venice, capturing the fresh abundance of a neighborhood vegetable market, an ancient well-head or a graceful little bridge over a quiet canal. Every letter is drawn by hand - a true labor of love perfect for food-lovers, Venice-lovers and history-lovers.

A splendid visual history of the culture of food in Venice.

This is one teriffic book related to the history and culture of the "cucina veneziana." It's as much an illustrated history of the architectural glories of Venice as a guide to the why and how of food in Venice. I adore Spector's drawings that show the close relationship between food and architecture all around the city. For example, the Sotoportego e Corte dei Forni is a gorgeous pointed arch opening to a side street, a location imposed on bakeries in historic times.There are profuse and gorgeous depictions of mosaic chickens, live fish, fresh vegetables, and marble fruit baskets. Sample the numerous recipes for simple and authentic Venetian dishes, and you'll discover the real soul of Venice. Venice comes alive in this book!