In Search of Abundance: Mountains of Cheese, Rivers of Wine, and Other Gastronomic Utopias

by Luisa Del Giudice

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In that topsy-turvy logic of the Roverso Mondo (the Upside-Down World) mountains are made of cheese, rivers flow with wine, labor is abolished, and pleasure rules in a fantastical place of abundance, the gastronomic utopia known as il Paese di Cuccagna (the Land of Cockaigne). Forming the mythic core of a centuries-old dream of plenty, it came to be closely associated with America. When mass migration was possible, the dream brought millions of the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1599541858

ISBN13:9781599541853

Release Date:October 2023

Publisher:Bordighera Press

Length:250 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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