Anna del Conte takes us on a culinary tour of her homeland in her major work Gastronomy of Italy.
Originally written in the late 1980s as an A-Z of Italian food, the book has been virtually re-written and greatly expanded, to take the reader on a tour of the country region by region.
In the first of a series, she explained to Simon Parkes what she thinks are the unique characteristics of food from Piedmont - in the North of the country. Read the recipe: Tagliatelle al Limone e Erbe Odorose (Tagliatelle with a Lemon and Herb Dressing). Gastronomy of Italy by Anna del Conte (Pavilion Books, ISBN: 1862051666, £29.95).
