Tortellini at Midnight: and other heirloom family recipes from Taranto to Turin to Tuscany (ENG)

Sometime in the 1950s, Emiko Davies nonno-in-law began the tradition of ringing in the new year with tortellini al sugo. He served it along with spumante and a round of tombola, and sparked a trend; up until the 1970s, you could find tortellini at midnight on New Years Eve in the bars around the Tuscan town of Fucecchio. This is just one of the over 75 heirloom dishes in this collection, for which Emiko Davies has gathered some of her favourite Italian family recipes. They trace generations that span the length of Italy, from the Mediterranean port city of Taranto in the southern heel of Puglia to elegant Turin, the city of aperitif and Italian cafe culture in the far north and, finally, back to Tuscany, which Emiko calls home.   Tortellini at Midnight is a book rich with nostalgia, with fresh, comforting food and stunning photography. It is a book that is good for the soul. About the Author Emiko Davies writes an eponymous blog that she dedicates to telling the stories behind the regional dishes of Italy, particularly Tuscan, in the context of family life. She also writes a weekly recipe column, "Regional Italian Food" for the popular New York-based website Food52, and a bimonthly column in Italian for the food website of Italys leading newspaper, Corriere della Sera. She is the author of Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence and Aquacotta: Recipes and Stories from Tuscanys Secret Silver Coast (also published by Hardie Grant).

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