Food Preference and Taste or Dolcissimo

Food Preference and Taste: Continuity and Change

Author: H Macbeth

Food preferences and tastes are among the fundamentals affecting human existence; the sociocultural, physiological and neurological factors involved have therefore been widely researched and are well documented. However, information and debate on these factors are scattered across the academic literature of different disciplines. In this volume cross-disciplinary perspectives are brought together by an international team of contributors that includes social and biological anthropologists, ethologists and ethnologists, psychologists, neurologists and zoologists in order to provide access to the different specialisms on the topic.

Read also Principles of Total Quality or Global Womens Movement

Dolcissimo: Delicious Sweet Things from Italy

Author: Maxine Clark

Italians have the world's sweetest tooth. No excuse is needed to partake of dolci (sweet things), be they ice cream, a cake, or a confection packed with fruit and nuts. Italy is blessed with a geography and climate that will grow virtually anything. In the north, they love creamy desserts. In central Italy, fruits abound to be made into open tarts and jams. In the south, they could not live a day without a gelato or granita. In Dolcissimo, Maxine Clark brings you easy-to-follow recipes for all the best Italian sweet dishes. Try Fruit Desserts, such as Peaches and Raspberries in Sparkling Wine, and Warm Zabaglione with Pears Poached in Marsala. Or Frozen and Chilled Desserts such as the legendary Monte Bianco, made with chestnuts and cream, Cassata Siciliana, Gelati, and Panna Cotta. Tarts include a crostata with pumpkin marmalade, a torta with fruits of the forest, and a walnut tart. Cookies include Savolardi (Italian ladyfingers for dipping in zabaglione) and Baci di Dama (little chocolate and almond cookies with chocolate cream). Cakes include Torta Caprese (chocolate cake), and Torta di Mele (apple sponge cake). There are also delicious Candies such as Miniature Sicilian Cannoli, and Torrone (a kind of nougat). Dolcissimo is a treat for the tastebuds -- a delicious distillation of the multitude of dolci to be found in Italy!

Table of Contents:

	Dolce, dolci, dolcissimo!	6
	Fruit desserts	8
	Frozen and chilled desserts	14
	Tarts	30
	Cookies	36
	Cakes	44
	Candies	54
	Basic recipes	62
	Index	64