Bitter Greens: Essays on Food, Politics, and Ethnicity from the Imperial Kitchen

by Anthony Di Renzo

Despite the inclusion of six classic recipes, Bitter Greens is not an ethnic cookbook but a Roman banquet of political satire, cultural criticism, and culinary memoir. Set primarily in the Empire State and arranged like the courses of a traditional Italian meal, Anthony Di Renzo's wide-ranging essays meditate on Italian food at the noon of American imperialism and the twilight of ethnicity, exploring such issues as the Wegmans supermarket chain's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438433174
• ISBN13: 9781438433172
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"