Come snack and mingle with Katie Parla as we celebrate the release of her latest cookbook, Food of the Italian Islands!
Join us for an aperitivo hour with writer Katie Parla, to celebrate the release of Food of the Italian Islands: Recipes from the Sunbaked Beaches, Coastal Villages, and Rolling Hillsides of Sicily, Sardinia, and Beyond. Snacks will be inspired by or made directly from Katie's recipes in her new book!
Aperitivo Menu: Italian Antipasti from Formaggio Kitchen, Focaccia from Pizza Project Boston, Caponata (recipe from Food of the Italian Islands!), and Torta Caprese (recipe from Food of the Italian Islands!).
NOTE: This event will be held indoors at Wild Child. Your ticket includes admission to the apertivo hour (snacks included) and a signed copy of Food of the Italian Islands. Wine by the glass will be available for purchase.
About Food of the Italian Islands: Katie Parla, New York Times best-selling author, Emmy-nominated television host, and leading authority on Italy entices readers to discover and dream of the Italian islands in her seventh cookbook, Food of the Italian Islands: Recipes from the Sunbaked Beaches, Coastal Villages, and Rolling Hillsides of Sicily, Sardinia, and Beyond.
Food of the Italian Islands contains over 85 recipes, both original and reimagined, that showcase the allures off Italy's coasts, including pane frattau featuring Sardinia's beloved flatbread; bigoli in salsa, a party pasta popular in Venice; coniglio all'ischitana, braised rabbit in the style of Ischia, and torta caprese, Capri's flourless chocolate-almond cake. Tutorials on an array of regional pestos inspire future at-home innovation while instructions for shaping intricate, fresh pasta shapes are handily accompanied by QR codes linking to process videos.
With Parla as the intrepid guide, Food of the Italian Islands delves into the rich culinary and cultural fabric of the destinations, inviting readers to join a highly specialized, curated experience through places never previously documented in English or Italian cookbook form. The book's 21 features provide historical insight while unveiling island traditions and pleasures such as the offal delicacies dominating Palermo's street food scene, urchin diving in Ponza and an overview on the boozy choose-your-own-journey to make rosolio infused spirits. From hitting the unpaved backroads in a FIAT Panda or taking a jaunt through the Venetian lagoon in Katie's fishing boat, Laura, Food of the Italian Islands offers full immersion down to the mode of transportation.
In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed book Food of the Italian South, Parla reunites with photographer Ed Anderson and designer Ian Dingman on a vibrant journey through her ancestral homeland. Organized playfully with a thematic approach, with travel tips and pairing suggestions throughout, Food of the Italian Islands is a siren call for readers to cook island food from wherever they are and with whatever they have.
About Katie Parla: Katie Parla is the acclaimed author, publisher, television and podcast host, journalist, culinary guide, and educator based in Rome. She has written, edited or contributed to more than 35 books including the cookbooks American Sfoglino, Flour Lab, Food of the Italian South, Tasting Rome, and The Joy of Pizza. In 2022, Katie founded Parla Publishing, independently publishing her latest cookbook, Food of the Italian Islands, while establishing services designed to demystify all facets of the process for other authors, restaurants, and brands. She co-hosts Gola, a podcast about Italian food and drinks culture. In addition to appearing as an expert on television programs such as "Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy" and Netflix's "Chef's Table," Katie hosts culinary shows on Recipe.tv including her Emmy-nominated food and travel series "Katie Parla's Rome," "Katie Parla's Roman Kitchen," and "Gola on the Road." Follow along on instagram at @katieparla