Acquacotta by Emiko Davies

Acquacotta by Emiko Davies

Discover the cuisine of a secret part of southernmost Tuscany, known as La Costa D’Argento — the silver coast, in the second edition of Acquacotta.

In this cookbook, Tuscan-based, Australian-born writer and photographer Emiko Davies has compiled and adapted her Italian family’s best-loved recipes from Capalbio, Monte Argentario, Giglio Island and inland to the hot springs of Saturnia and the ancient Pitigliano.

It is a celebration of the region that's named for the shimmery salt-and-pepper sand along this part of the Tyrrhenian Sea, its rolling hills, long beaches, overgrown fig trees, rambling vineyards – and rich culinary history. The latest iteration of Acquacotta features a beautiful new cover and a vegetarian and gluten-free index that highlights a different side to Italian cuisine.

In words and pictures, Emiko guides readers through the use of local ingredients, as well as sharing the history of rustic, storied dishes including scampi and potato soup, hand-rolled strozzapreti noodles, spinach and ricotta tortelli, chestnut gnocchi and the classic fig and chocolate bread, pagnotella. Plus, of course, the book’s namesake acquacotta, a quintessential Maremman peasant dish that captures the spirit of this special place.

‘Acquacotta is a serious and authoritative homage to the foodways of this little-known but lovely corner of Tuscany, its history, its influences, its landscape and its wonderful produceEvery dish in this book respects local knowledge and tradition and thanks to the author’s brilliant photography, its essential nature is revealed for all to see and understand. I love it.’ – Stephanie Alexander

Emiko Davies lives in Florence with her husband and two daughters. She writes about regional Italian food and travel on her blog, as well as for publications such as Gourmet Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, Food52 and Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Her beautiful Italian cookbooks include Florentine, Acquacotta, Tortellini at Midnight, Torta della Nonna and Cinnamon and Salt.

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ISBN 13	9781743799253
ISBN 10	174379925X
Title	Acquacotta
Author	Emiko Davies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hardie Grant Books
Year published	2023-02-01
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.