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Pomp and Sustenance: Twenty-Five Centuries of Sicilian Food Paperback – Illustrated, January 17, 2019

by Mary Taylor Simeti (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
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This gem is more than just a cookbook. Walk through history with Pomp and Sustenance author Mary Taylor Simeti as she shares the secrets and eccentricities of Sicilian cuisine. Straddling the East and West, Christian and Muslim, land and sea, this Mediterranean island is a place of unique convergence. Nowhere is cultural convergence more evident than in Sicily's regional culinary traditions and food culture. Simeti narrates this centuries-long journey, with wit and humor, making this historical cookbook a joy to own and use.
More than just history, Pomp and Sustenance is filled with wonderful recipes. impressive in their style, scope, and authenticity. There are chapters dedicated to street food, convent food, and the peasant's food, giving the reader a taste of the diversity of ingredients and cooking methods found on the Island. Sure to be a favorite for anyone who truly savors Sicilian food, culture, and history.

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  1. Print length
    350 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Echo Point Books & Media
  4. Publication date
    January 17, 2019
  5. Dimensions
    6.14 x 0.78 x 9.21 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1635617650
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1635617658
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"In the noble traditions of food writing established by Elizabeth David combining an accurate understanding of history, a deep sensitivity to foreign cultures, and an unerring and almost instinctive sense of what makes good food and what makes good food and what makes food good." --The New York Times
"An enchantingly erudite gastronomical explanation of Sicily's fraught history . . . Simeti will not only give you food for thought but will tell you how to make it. . . . She is a very natural writer and an indefatigable history busybody with a spectacular eye for revelatory and confirmative quotations. . . . A wonderful book." --Gourmet Magazine
"There are recipes here at all levels of culinary commitment, from a quick, summary pasta with swordfish and mint to an elaborate Sicilian lasagna." --Newsday

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Echo Point Books & Media; Reprint ed. edition (January 17, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 350 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1635617650
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1635617658
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.18 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.78 x 9.21 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 58 ratings

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Rifugio's Country Italian Cuisine Sicilian Feast
It is probably one if the best books i have referenced. Just put on a 7 course Sicilian Easter Feast and used it for inspiration. I am a Restauranteur and Sicilian. Restaurant called Rifugio's Country Italian Cuisine. Thank you
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camisdad
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting reading. Primarily historical with few recipes.
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2024
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Excellent book if you are interested in historical issues. Don't expect a recipe book: there are some but you will be dissatisfied if that is all you are looking for.
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trilingual1946
5.0 out of 5 stars Recipes From Antiquity To "Modern" Times
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2021
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NOTE: This wonderful book was reissued under the title "Sicilian Food." It's otherwise the same book, it seems.

This is an invaluable addition to the library of anyone interested in seeing how foods and cooking methods have come down to us from antiquity and medieval times. Most people, I dare say, have no idea just how old some of the dishes we eat today really are. Simeti does a wonderful job tracing and describing contemporary recipes as far back as the days of ancient Greece and Rome. She does sometime take a somewhat authoritarian tone, like some other well-known cookbook authors ("Do it exactly the way I say or don't bother even trying this.") But her history and research are impressive and illuminating. Some of her recipes are more "modern." Pasta came to be known in Italy as much as 1000 years ago, and tomatoes and New World ingredients nearly 500 years ago. So all of these foods have long pedigrees! One thing I'm curious about: some recipes that now include tomatoes seem to be adaptations of older recipes that existed before such New World ingredients became known to Europeans. I wonder what (if any) things might have been used in these dishes in pre-tomato times to provide that unique combination of tartness with a hint of sweetness and earthy/muskiness that tomatoes add to a recipe? Or did they just do without? I suspect tomatoes may have replaced earlier (and more complicated/inconvenient) sour-sweet ingredients like wine or vinegar reductions that provided color as well as the sour-sweet flavor that seems to have been prized in earlier times. But that's just a guess.
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richard orlando
5.0 out of 5 stars So well written
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2022
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This book is not just a recipe book, it is the sad and beautiful story of the will of a people to not just survive, but to create beauty from nothing.. I could not put it down
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Dominic Arcamone
4.0 out of 5 stars Mistake Paying Off
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2014
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The book was beautifully illustrated with recipies and stories from Sicily. It was my mistake to order both this copy and another version by the same title. But at least we can give one away. It is a wonderful book
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Lorna
5.0 out of 5 stars Speedy arrival. Just as advertised.
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2021
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It was a gift, so I haven’t read it. I would like my own copy though!
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Relaxed and Retired
5.0 out of 5 stars Besides recipes the stories behind the delicacies
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2021
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I love this cook book with recipes from Southern Italy and their origins. Brava!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rifugio's Country Italian Cuisine Sicilian Feast
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2017
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It is probably one if the best books i have referenced. Just put on a 7 course Sicilian Easter Feast and used it for inspiration. I am a Restauranteur and Sicilian. Restaurant called Rifugio's Country Italian Cuisine. Thank you
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rifugio's Country Italian Cuisine Sicilian Feast
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2017
It is probably one if the best books i have referenced. Just put on a 7 course Sicilian Easter Feast and used it for inspiration. I am a Restauranteur and Sicilian. Restaurant called Rifugio's Country Italian Cuisine. Thank you
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WILLIAM J. OREILLY
3.0 out of 5 stars More of a Sicilian history book than cookbook
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2016
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An okay book that's more history than cookbook.
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Rita Gagliano
5.0 out of 5 stars quick delivery, great book
Reviewed in Canada on May 25, 2023
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great
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Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, but was not new, as advertised.
Reviewed in Australia on May 5, 2024
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An excellent and well-researched book. I have had my own copy for many years and recently purchased another as a gift to a friend. The item was marked as New, but was stained externally and well thumbed through. There was no crispness which exists in new copies. Hugely disappointed with the seller. I did not return it due timing issues and had to gift it as was, with apologies.
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Misu
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2015
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Delighted
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of info
Reviewed in Canada on May 12, 2019
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Bought as a gift,proving to be a good research tool
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