Podcast Episode 9: Pellegrino Artusi: the first Italian cookbook - Luca's Italy (2024)

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What did Pellegrino Artusi do? ›

Originally a silk merchant, Artusi brought his passion for science, health and food to the entire nation of Italy. Writing only two decades after the unification of Italy, Artusi was the first to include recipes from all the different regions of Italy in a single cookbook (without flattening the differences).

Pellegrino Artusi wrote the first book of Italian cuisine in united Italy in 1891, “La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene”. Artusi travelled around Italy collecting many local recipes and traditions. It is still being published and has been translated into many languages.

With hundreds of new cookbooks published every year, it is remarkable that one more than a century old has survived. Yet, there are many reasons for its longevity. At the time it was published in 1891, Scienza in cucina was the first cookbook written in Italian for the home cook.

Pellegrino is the jewel of sparkling natural mineral waters, thanks to its signature gentle bubbles, subtle nuances and perfect mineral balance.

The ARTUSI appliance brand is inspired by the legendary Pellegrino Artusi, the father of Italian cuisine, they have created an appliance range to live up to his legacy.

Before tomatoes, the Italian diet was largely similar to the diet throughout the rest of the Mediterranean. Bread, pasta, olives, and beans were all staples, and Italians also made a variety of different types of polenta.

Mediterranean seafood, spices from the Middle East, grains from Northern Africa and various meats were popular in traditional Roman dishes. With its wide availability, wines, grains and olive oil became three staples of Roman cooking.

The first recorded cookbook that is still in print today is Of Culinary Matters (originally, De Re Coquinaria), written by Apicius, in fourth century AD Rome. It contains more than 500 recipes, including many with Indian spices.

Born in 1886, SF's Fior d'Italia is now the oldest Italian restaurant in the U.S. Here's what it's like.

Pellegrino Artusi: father of Italian Cuisine.

What is the history of San Pellegrino? ›

S. Pellegrino mineral water has been produced for over 620 years. In 1395, the town borders of San Pellegrino were drawn, marking the start of its water industry. Leonardo da Vinci is said to have visited the town in 1509 to sample and examine the town's miraculous water, later writing a treatise on water.

Today, Italian cuisine features meals that retain the pre Roman era taste along with others that are strikingly different to the traditional cuisine of Italy. Early origins Tracing down the culinary history of Italy we find that it started to make its mark during the Roman Empire movement more than 2000 years ago.

Carla Pellegrino has starred on “Top Chef” and led top Italian restaurants in Las Vegas. Now, she's in downtown Grapevine. It almost seemed unbelievable. A celebrity chef from Vegas known for her flashy personality opened a simple bistro in a former suburban pub.