On the occasion of the 4th edition of the World Week of Italian Cuisine
Diego Zancani in conversation with Sean Gaston on the book
How We Fell in Love With Italian Food
published by Bodleian Library Publishing, University of Oxford
From the legacy of the Roman invasion to its current, ever-incresing popularity, Italian food’s progress has been extraordinary.
In his book “How We Fell in Love with Italian Food” Diego Zancani traces Italian recipes in Britain back as early as the 13th century and explores encounters with Italian food and its influence back home. In the book he also shows how Italian immigrants, from ice-cream sellers and grocers to chef and restaurateurs, had a transformative influence on British cuisine.
Diego Zancani is Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College and Emeritus Professor, Medieval and Modern Languages at Oxford University.
Sean Gaston is Research Fellow at University of Melbourne and Emeritus Reader at Wolfson College, Oxford University.
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