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Gennaro's Limoni

Author : Gennaro Contaldo
Publisher : Pavilion
ISBN 13 : 9781911663188
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book Gennaro's Limoni written by Gennaro Contaldo and published by Pavilion. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ask a foodie about the Amalfi Coast and lemons immediately spring to mind. The sweet, aromatic, large and thick-skinned Sfusato Amalfitano is the extraordinary and delectable citrus fruit which Gennaro Contaldo grew up with. Lemons were and still are a part of daily life for locals of the Amalfi Coast, and, when Gennaro came to the UK over 40 years ago he continued this tradition. From a sliver of zest in his morning espresso to helping with minor ailments and even household chores, lemons have a wealth of uses. No part of the lemon is wasted – flesh, pith and skin are chopped into salads, juice is drizzled over meat, fish and veggies, while the aromatic zest adds a complexity to a dish's flavour. Even the leaves are used to wrap meat, fish and cheese for extra flavour, or finely chopped and made into a tea infusion. Lemons can cleanse, refresh, preserve, ‘cook’ and add a vibrant flavour to dishes as giving colour and an uplifting aroma. From Ravioli with Ricotta, Lemon and Mint, and Sicilian Chicken Involtini, to Lemon Biscuits, and Coffee and Lemon Semi-freddo, this is not only a beautiful and inspiring homage to the most revered of fruit but Gennaro's most inspirational book to date. Chapters are: Introduction – including The Amalfi Lemon and Lemons in the Kitchen) Small Plates Vegetables Fish Meat Desserts Drinks & Preserves Sauces & Dressings

Gennaro’s Pasta Perfecto!

Author : Gennaro Contaldo
Publisher : Pavilion
ISBN 13 : 9781911624370
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Gennaro’s Pasta Perfecto! written by Gennaro Contaldo and published by Pavilion. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There’s nothing Gennaro doesn’t know about pasta. He’s an absolute legend!" Jamie Oliver One of the most popular of all Italian dishes, bestselling author and much-loved personality Gennaro reveals all of his tips and tricks for making the best of the most versatile of dishes. Split into chapters for Dried, Fresh, Filled, Baked pasta and Sauces, Gennaro’s Pasta Perfecto! includes recipes for lasagne four ways, pasta salads, classic minestrone soup, homemade ravioli and perfect pesto, these are dishes that can be quickly whipped up for the whole family to enjoy. An inexpensive staple that can be easily transformed into a luxurious meal, the possibilities of pasta are endless – perfect for busy families and for easy entertaining. Join Gennaro on an exciting Italian adventure, and discover both new and traditional recipes that will quickly become household favourites.

Gennaro's Italian Bakery

Author : Gennaro Contaldo
Publisher : Pavilion
ISBN 13 : 9781910904350
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Gennaro's Italian Bakery written by Gennaro Contaldo and published by Pavilion. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Gennaro is an incredible baker – bread has always been central to everything he does. This is a great book – incredible food and full of Gennaro-style passion’ – Jamie Oliver Making bread has always been a natural passion for Gennaro Contaldo. Ingrained since childhood with memories of his mother’s weekly bread-making and visits to his uncle’s village bakery, it is a skill which has followed him throughout his career as a chef. In this book, Gennaro takes you onto a journey into the magical world of Italian bread and baking, giving you his secret tips on making the perfect dough to create wonderful Italian breads for all occasions. And not only bread – have you ever walked into an Italian panetteria (bakery) and marvelled at the amazing variety of freshly baked goods? Not only filone, filoncini, ciabatta, campagnia, panini, but also amazing focaccia, pizzette, biscuits and cakes. Included will be Gennaro’s fabled focaccia made in different regional varieties as well as mouth watering torte salate (Italian savoury pies) using seasonal ingredients such as spinach & artichoke oozing with fontina cheese for spring or escarole, black olives & anchovy for winter. There will be a section of rustic pane dolce (sweet breads) as well as delicious crostate (sweet pastry tarts), biscuits and traditional homemade cakes just like Nonna used to make. This book will be the ultimate in Italian bread and baking – it will be your Italian panetteria bible where you will be able to almost smell that dreamy, irresistible aroma of fresh baking as you flick through the pages. Word count: 55,000

Gennaro's Fast Cook Italian

Author : Gennaro Contaldo
Publisher : Pavilion
ISBN 13 : 9781911595113
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Gennaro's Fast Cook Italian written by Gennaro Contaldo and published by Pavilion. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of enticing, authentic and, most of all, quick-to-prepare recipes, Gennaro Contaldo’s new book demonstrates how to whip up a delicious Italian feast in 40 minutes or less. From lightning-fast risottos to perfectly pronto pastas, speedy soups and delightful desserts, these recipes showcase the very best Italy has to offer, while requiring very little time in the kitchen. Featuring food from all the major regions of Italy, these quick recipes really make the most of the amazing fresh produce for which Italy is renowned. The result is delicious, nutritious food that can be on the table in minutes – perfect for busy families or for easy entertaining. Beginning with a handy guide to keeping your Italian larder full of the best ingredients to whizz up a speedy supper, the book is split into sections covering Soups, Salads, Pasta, Rice, Meat, Fish, Vegetables, Sauces and Desserts ensuring that you have a wealth of recipes at your fingertips. From lemon-infused steam-baked mackerel to classic pasta recipes and quick chocolate raspberry pots you can impress friends and family with a stunning menu in minutes. ‘His talent for cooking and story-telling changed my life and food forever.’ Jamie Oliver ‘The man cooks like an angel and no ordinary angel.’ Matthew Norman, Sunday Telegraph

Carmine's Family-Style Cookbook

Author : Michael Ronis
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429993863
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Carmine's Family-Style Cookbook written by Michael Ronis and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who has visited Carmine's flagship Times Square restaurant knows that Carmine's food is the best of classic Italian cuisine—each dish prepared simply to bring out the most vibrant flavor and make anyone who tastes it smile and reach for seconds. Carmine's Family-Style Cookbook reveals the simple secret of Carmine's longtime success—hearty, rich Italian food, just right for sharing, and perfect for cooking at home! Carmine's Family-Style Cookbook's perfect Italian recipes include: --Appetizers, Soups and Salads: from Chicken Wings Scarpariello-Style to Carmine's Famous Caesar Salad --Carmine's Heroes: from classic Cold Italian Hero sandwiches to Italian Cheesesteak Heroes --Pasta: from Country-style Rigatoni to Pasta Marinara --Fish and Seafood Main Courses: from Salmon Puttanesca to Shrimp Fra Diavolo --Meat and Poultry Main Courses: from Porterhouse Steak Contadina to Veal Parmigiana --Side Dishes: from Spinach with Garlic and Oil to Creamy Polenta --Carmine's Desserts: from Chocolate Bread Pudding to the world-famous Titanic Ice Cream Sundae Carmine's restaurant packs them in every night in its four bustling locations, including its warm, festive Times Square flagship where over a million people from all across the country come every year to share meatballs, chicken parmigiana, linguini with clam sauce, and fried calamari. Carmine's flavors are the tastes Americans love to cook and eat at home—fresh garlic, bubbling tomato sauce, and pasta boiled just to the perfect al dente. Try any of the recipes in Carmine's Family-Style Cookbook and bring home that classic Italian flavor to your family.

Gennaro Slow Cook Italian

Author : Gennaro Contaldo
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1909108901
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Gennaro Slow Cook Italian written by Gennaro Contaldo and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gennaro shows you how to prepare good Italian food with minimum effort by letting the oven or hob do the work. Slow cooking draws out flavours and softens the texture of food to create delicious, impressive, often inexpensive meals with little fuss.There are casseroles and one-pots that slowly simmer to perfection, roasts that tenderize in the oven, soups that quietly bubble away on the hob, puddings such as meringues and fruit compotes, and breads that bake to light perfection.Gennaro is a traditional, rural Italian cook. He uses lots of inexpensive cuts of meat, as well as beans and pulses, which all benefit from slow cooking, so there is plenty for the thrifty home cook to choose from. This is classic Italian food, such as Roast leg of lamb with baby onions, Rich Tyrolean beef goulash, Lasagne and Meringue with zabaglione cream and custard, that takes the hard work out of preparing supper.

Belle

Author : Paula Byrne
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006231078X
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Belle written by Paula Byrne and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sensational true tale that inspired the major motion picture Belle starring Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Penelope Wilton, and Matthew Goode—a stunning story of the first mixed-race girl introduced to high society England and raised as a lady. The illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was sent to live with her great-uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, one of the most powerful men of the time and a leading opponent of slavery. Growing up in his lavish estate, Dido was raised as a sister and companion to her white cousin, Elizabeth. When a joint portrait of the girls, commissioned by Mansfield, was unveiled, eighteenth-century England was shocked to see a black woman and white woman depicted as equals. Inspired by the painting, Belle vividly brings to life this extraordinary woman caught between two worlds, and illuminates the great civil rights question of her age: the fight to end slavery. Belle includes 20 pages of black-and-white photos.

Cardamom and Lime

Author : Sarah al-Hamad
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1607651904
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Cardamom and Lime written by Sarah al-Hamad and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the few cookbooks that offers detailed recipes for the traditional dishes of the Gulf states. It covers the cuisine of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the UAE. The London-based author is a Kuwait native who researched family archives and local traditions to write the book. Part cookbook and part travelogue, Cardamom and Lime also features the author’s stunning photography, providing a unique and eye-opening look at a region renowned more for black gold than culinary gold.

Passione

Author : Gennaro Contaldo
Publisher : Interlink Books
ISBN 13 : 9781566560276
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Passione written by Gennaro Contaldo and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW BOOK FROM THE ITALIAN LEGEND WHO TAUGHT JAMIE OLIVER ALL HE KNOWS ABOUT ITALIAN COOKING -- Born just feet away from the sea on Italy’s stunning Amalfi coast, chef, food writer, TV personality, and restaurateur Gennaro Contaldo learned from his parents how to seek out wild food—free-diving for oysters, foraging for wild mushrooms, and missing school to go fishing. This adventurous spirit lived on throughout Gennaro’s career in food and was what went on to inspire Jamie Oliver to call Gennaro his “London dad.” It was summed up here in this first, glorious collection of his favorite Italian recipes. This cookbook features photographs from Gennaro’s childhood, alongside stunning food and travel photography. Over 100 recipes, and delightful personal recollections, share the secrets of Gennaro’s love affair with Italian food and will inspire cooks of all abilities to taste the true flavors of the Italian coastline. Buon appetito!

The Sicily Cookbook

Author : Cettina Vicenzino
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744024919
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Sicily Cookbook written by Cettina Vicenzino and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-18 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on the enchanting culinary journey and experience the culinary delights of the Sicilian diet. Join Sicilian cook, writer, and photographer Cettina Vicenzino as she shares more than 70 authentic and mouth-watering recipes from this unique Mediterranean island. While only a few miles from Italy, Sicily's heritage is proudly distinct from that of the mainland, favoring dishes packed with spices, citrus fruits, cheeses, olives, tomatoes, eggplants, and seafood. Featuring three strands of Sicilian cooking - Cucina Povera (peasant food), Cibo di Strada (street food), and Cucina dei Monsù (sophisticated food) - alongside profiles on local chefs and food producers, The Sicily Cookbook invites you to discover the island's culinary culture and let your summer cooking burst with Mediterranean sunshine.

Gennaro's Italian Family Favourites

Author : Gennaro Contaldo
Publisher : Pavilion
ISBN 13 : 9781910496435
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book Gennaro's Italian Family Favourites written by Gennaro Contaldo and published by Pavilion. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gennaro shows that good family cooking doesn't have to be complicated. Whether you're looking for a soup, a salad, a quick pasta dish, a slow-cooked Sunday lunch or something for a special occasion, this book has the recipes for you. Everyday dishes such as Trofie pasta with green beans and basil, Ricotta dumplings and Beetroot salad sit alongside special occasion meals such as Rack of lamb with artichokes, Roast chicken with lemon and herbs and Homemade ravioli. There are dishes for all ages, with plenty of recipes for kids, including pizzas and simple pasta dishes, and lots of ideas for getting the children involved with the cooking. Gorgeous desserts such as Summer fruit jellies, Coffee meringues and a delicious trifle, and traditional Italian preserves such as Preserved peaches and Small filled peppers make this book irresistible.

Natural Microporous Materials in Environmental Technology

Author : P. Misaelides
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401144990
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Natural Microporous Materials in Environmental Technology written by P. Misaelides and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Application of Natural Microporous Materials for Environmental Technology, Smolenice Castle, Slovakia, 26-30 October 1998

Two Greedy Italians

Author : Antonio Carluccio
Publisher : Quadrille Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781849492638
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Two Greedy Italians written by Antonio Carluccio and published by Quadrille Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing over 100 mouthwatering recipes, this book goes beyond the cliches to reveal real Italian food, as cooked by real Italians."

Lemon, Love & Olive Oil

Author : Mina Stone
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063016583
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Lemon, Love & Olive Oil written by Mina Stone and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Best Cookbook of the Year from the author of the cult-favorite Cooking for Artists—with eighty new recipes that celebrate her Greek heritage. Growing up in a close-knit Greek-American household, Mina Stone learned to cook from her Yiayia, who taught her that food doesn’t have to be complicated to be delicious—and that almost any dish can be improved with judicious amounts of lemon, olive oil, and salt. In this deeply personal cookbook, Stone celebrates her grandmother and the other influences that have shaped her life, her career, and her culinary tastes and expertise. Lemon, Love & Olive Oil weaves together more than eighty Mediterranean-style dishes with the stories that inspired them. Stone offers home cooks a taste of her heritage with healthy, flavorful, and uncomplicated dishes such as Syrian Bulgur and Yogurt with Brown Butter Pine Nuts; Persian Figs with Cardamom and Rosewater; Baby Lettuces with Toasted Sesame Seeds, Mint, and Meyer Lemon Yogurt; and Braised Chickpeas with Orange Zest and Garlic Bread Crumbs. These recipes use fresh, flavorful ingredients to create elegantly simple dishes, complemented by beautiful, minimalist photography and original art throughout. A fresh and unconventional fusion of art and food, Lemon, Love & Olive Oil is an engaging (and delicious!) cultural and culinary tour, all complimented by the design of world-renowned artist Urs Fischer. “This is delicious ‘grandma’ cooking at its best—fresh, flavorful, simple, and seasonal, but with a modern twist that makes it exactly what I want to cook right now. I can’t wait to make everything!” —Lisa Gross, Founder/CEO of the League of Kitchens

An Italian Journey

Author : James Ernest Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984658503
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book An Italian Journey written by James Ernest Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you're planning a trip to Italy, read this so you don't miss out on the Italy that tours never visit. If you're staying at home, just sit back and enjoy the ride. Preferably with a nice Tuscan wine at your side." Dianne Hales, author of LA BELLA LINGUA "Many of us would love to live this book. James Shaw has done it for us and allowed us to come along. I like it all, an adventurous journey with a compassionate author. Well Done, Well Done." Roscaloni An adventure of the heart in the mold of literature's classic spiritual journeys. It began with a girl. Then it was Italian food. After that it was books and discovering that even Mark Twain had fallen for Italy. E.M. Forster was smitten too: Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvelous than the land. What is it about Italy and Italians? Italian movies immortalize the mystique. Fellini called it La Dolce Vita. Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso took James Shaw back to the sweet memories of his childhood and the Italian family who operated the hometown theater. And just like in the movie, young James had an Alfredo who, by example, taught him about serving people. James learned that Italians don't feel they're special. Luigi Barzini, author of The Italians, repeatedly asked, Why are we the way we are? and found no conclusive answer. But James was convinced there was a reason why the Renaissance was born in Tuscany and Italy has given the world Saint Francis, Michelangelo, da Vinci, Galileo and now Benigni, whose film Life Is Beautiful, showed the world that the Italian zest for living can even make a heaven of a hell. And so, after a lifetime of thinking about Italy James became convinced that the way to find out why Italians are the way they are, would be to eat with them at their kitchen tables. Day after day he picked their olives and the Italians began treating him like family. And James began seeing their unique human quality that attracts people to Italy and keeps pulling them back again and again. But the story doesn't end in the olive groves of Tuscany. To discover the heart of Italian life, James had to travel back to World War II Italy. An Italian Journey will inspire you to follow your passions, your enthusiasms, to your own Beautiful Discoveries. Bella Scoperta!

Lemons Are a Girl's Best Friend

Author : Janet Hayward
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1524763055
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Lemons Are a Girl's Best Friend written by Janet Hayward and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lemons Are a Girl's Best Friend is a handy, pocket-sized guide to thirty superfoods, each with two simple recipes--one to eat and one to use as a beauty treatment, complete with notes about each food's benefits and best uses. With 60 recipes for healthy dishes and all-natural beauty treatments, Lemons Are a Girl's Best Friend lets you have your Pomegranate Facial and eat your Halloumi, Orange, and Pomegranate Salad, too. Each of the recipes uses just a handful of all-natural, common ingredients to make deliciously clean dishes and easy treatments for healthier skin, hair, and nails. Each superfood is introduced with a list of its active compounds, which are then translated into tangible benefits--for example, the Vitamin C in the Tomato and Basil Bruschetta gives your immune system a boost, while the lycopene in the Tomato Face Mask protects your skin from free radicals and UV rays. With recipes for grocery store staples (oats, sweet potatoes, cucumbers) and buzzy superfoods (seaweed, chia seeds, cider vinegar) alike, there is something in Lemons for everyone!

Pescara Tales (1902)

Author : Gabriele D'Annunzio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780987463784
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (637 download)

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Download or read book Pescara Tales (1902) written by Gabriele D'Annunzio and published by . This book was released on 2017-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The setting for his collection of eighteen stories by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) was the Adriatic seaport of Pescara and its hinterland in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the author depicting events and personalities from the time of his youth, but also drawing from bygone incidents that were yet memorable in the area's folk history. Pescara may not have had the cachet of celebrated cities such as Venice or Florence, but sympathetically and wryly revealed here by the pen of one of Italy's great writers it lives and breathes with a vitality probably best compared to that of James Joyce's 'dear dirty Dublin'. Indeed Joyce, who admired D'Annunzio, may well have been inspired by the Italian's cameos of small-town life, his parade of saints, voluptuaries and reprobates, their repressions, obsessions, individual dissolutions, collective explosions of anarchy, and their aptness for bizarre behavior that extended from the catatonic to the manic. D'Annunzio came to recognize just how exotic his native region was after he had left it for Rome, where he worked for some years as a journalist and essay writer in the employ of various literary magazines. His Abruzzo articles, and especially those in which he records examples of extraordinary devotional behavior (akin to what Mark Twain was witnessing at that time on the banks of the Ganges), became the basis of the stories in this collection. D'Annunzio was a published poet at the age of sixteen, and his verse has never been absent from the Western Canon since. Something of his painterly style, the layered brushwork of his descriptions, the gorgeous romantic renderings of rural scenes and the moods of the sea, his celebrations of sensuality, his aesthete's fascination with all the possible bodily conditions, from the virginal-voluptuous to the decayed and moribund (he has been hailed as 'the body's poet'), will amaze and delight the reader even in the blandest and most dictionary-dependent translation. The present one is no such, however. Vladislav Zhukov is an experienced translator who has rendered works from four languages into English, including a substantial book of poetry, three volumes of short stories, and a novel (all available on Amazon.com). His knowledge of Italian is that of someone who acquired the language while living in Italy during his youth.