{"product_id":"corsica-isbn-9781925418521","title":"Corsica","description":"A sumptuous book exploring the incredible food of France’s sunny island of Corsica.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This beautifully photographed book  celebrates all that is Corsican—the people, the geography and, most  importantly, the food. And with around eighty incredible Corsican  recipes designed to be prepared in the home kitchen, you’ll be  transported to the island in no time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Relatively unexplored by visitors  from outside Europe (although it attracts an estimated three million  from France annually), Corsica is a Mediterranean island steeped in a  rich food culture. With incredible geography—from the mountains to the  plains and the stunning coastline—Corsica has long been a well-loved  idyll for those in the know. It is also home to a unique  cuisine—blending the best of French and Italian food—that respects its  homegrown produce: citrus fruits, grapes, chestnuts, cheese, herbs,  fish, seafood, and charcuterie. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But Corsica is more than a collection of recipes, as the book also brings together  portraits of those who live and work there, and those instrumental in  maintaining Corsica’s rich food culture.\"Blending French and Italian food, this cookbook explored the Corsican island cuisine, collecting 80 recipes and providing portraits of those who live and work there and those instrumental in maintaining Corsica's rich food culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, I know, Corsica is a French territory, but only because they robbed it from the Corsicans, who themselves freed it from centuries of Genoese rule. So, the island is much more Italian in its cooking than it is French, as Nicolas Stromboni, a wine merchant based in Ajaccio, clearly shows in a volume that begins with charcuterie like coppa, prisuttu and pancetta. Vegetables figure largely in Corsican cooking, as in lentils with figatelli sausage, and the cheeses of the region are highlighted. Corsica is an island, so seafood abounds in wondrous dishes, like fish soups and mussels with peas and artichokes. Pastas, however, are few—cannelloni with whipped brocciu cheese is very local. And, once you make the very simple Corsican cheesecake called fiadone, it will become a treasured favorite.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHuffingtonPost.com\u003c\/i\u003eRenowned author, master sommelier, and epicurean \u003cb\u003eNicolas Stromboni\u003c\/b\u003e heads the largest wine cellar in Corsica, which in October 2011 was voted best wine shop in France. Stromboni is a passionate ambassador for Corsican produce, and \u003ci\u003eCorsica: The Recipes \u003c\/i\u003eis his first book. \u003cb\u003eSandra Mahut\u003c\/b\u003e is a Paris-based food stylist, photographer and cookbook author.","brand":"Smith Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299841396965,"sku":"NP9781925418521","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781925418521.jpg?v=1767724141","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/corsica-isbn-9781925418521","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}