Delizia, 9781399727044
Paperback
A tasty history of Italy: violence, intrigue, and the world’s favourite cuisine.
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Delizia

the epic history of italians and their food

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  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    23 June 2025

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Summary

Delizia!: A Culinary Journey Through Italy

‘If only we could all write as brilliantly on Italy and its food as John Dickie does. He may well know Italy and Italians better than they know themselves’ *Stanley Tucci*

The new edition of the much-loved classic, with a fresh chapter that brings the surprising and moreish tale of the Italian way of eating right up to the present.

Delizia! takes the reader on a revelatory historica…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399727044
ISBN-10:1399727044
Author:John Dickie
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:23 June 2025
Weight:320g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 38mm
About The Author

John Dickie

John Dickie is Professor of Italian Studies at University College London. Hodder & Stoughton published his Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia in 2004, to ecstatic reviews. It became an international bestseller, with over 20 translations, and won the CWA Dagger Award for Non-fiction that year. Since then he has published Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and their Food (2007) - now a six-part TV series for HIstory Channel Italia and other networks worldwide. His most recent books are Mafia Brotherhoods (2011) and Mafia Republic: Italy’s Criminal Curse (2013).

In 2005 the President of the Italian Republic appointed him a Commendatore dell’Ordine della Stella della Solidarieta Italiana.

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