With charming towns and stunning landscapes, the perfect climate for growing fresh produce and bounties of olive groves across the regions, Puglia has been widely tipped as Italy's newest culinary destination.

Featuring more than 50 simple and authentic recipes from the Silver Spoon kitchen, Puglia and Basilicata is a culinary journey through a fascinating area of Italy. The two sister regions, one older and one younger, live side by side and, as always with neighbouring regions, they share many of the ingredients and flavours.

Each chapter examines a single province, with fascinating narrative texts that examine the key produce and ingredients found in each area, such as creamy burrata from Andria and mussels from Taranto. The book features beautiful and diverse landscape of the two regions, their produce and people and each recipe is accompanied by a stunning image of the finished dish. Also included is a year-round calender of food festivals.

Puglia is the third title in the popular regional Silver Spoon cookbook series (Tuscany, Sicily) and provides readers with a culinary insight into Italy's best-kept secret.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Format: Hardback
Size: 270 x 180 mm (10 5/8 x 7 1/8 in)
Pages: 272 pp
Illustrations: 250 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714868882

"This new Puglia cookbook from Phaidon is beautiful inside and out!"—Sweet Paul Magazine

"The latest edition from the editors of the Silver Spoon, often called Italy's "Joy of Cooking", gives readers a gorgeous travelogue combining artful photographs of the region with classic local dishes... A warm invitation to the region and its breadth of cuisine."—Publishers Weekly

"This in depth look at Puglia's culture is essential for anyone considering a trip or wanting to bring a bit of Italian authenticity to the kitchen."—Relish.com

"The new Silver Spoon tome takes you on a beautifully illustrated journey to Puglia's various corners, highlighting the food emerging from each one... You will be inspired to cook and, likely, spring for a plane ticket."—Gather Journal.com

"Fabulous pictures of places and dishes. An appealing book... About the food of the poor as well as the rich, from a region where eating well is the right of all."—Evening Standard

"Phaidon’s guide to Puglia puts the notion of locavore to shame, or will at least make you extremely jealous."—Modern Farmer

"Since Italian cooking is so diverse, it's a great way to learn about regionally-driven ingredients and interesting techniques."—Martha Stewart Living