Artist Eric Dregni
When writers travel overseas to countries known for sumptuous, leisurely meals, it's understandable if their accounts get a little bloated. But Eric Dregni's observations come in small bites in his foodie memoir Never Trust A Thin Cook, And Other Lessons From Italy's Culinary Capital. After convincing his girlfriend to drop everything and move to the small town of Modena, the Minnesota native set out to find "the best food in the world." Dregni breaks up his anecdotes about local specialties (balsamic vinegar, Parmigiano-Reggiano) with more mundane topics: a stolen bike, the paperwork needed to stay in the country, Italians not paying their taxes. The book isn't so much an epicurean guide as a series of snapshots that tell the story of how someone driven by food found exactly what he was looking for.
Updated 10/08/2009
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