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La Sicilia in Cucina.

Dolce&Gabbana creates a

true mise en place of dishes,

recipes, and objects. The

book deals with culinary

traditions but also the table

elements and lifestyle of the

Dolce&Gabbana Casa line.

It is a hymn to the island, its

products, and its craftsmen.

If cuisine, as Alain Ducasse says, is a love story, then the book All of these elements – food tradition, unique ingredients, and
published by Rizzoli and dedicated to Sicilian recipes, reinterpreted handcraft excellence – emerge in the precious and refined book
through the Dolce&Gabbana style, is the most romantic love published by Rizzoli.
confession to culinary culture you can imagine. La Sicilia in Cucina. Dolce&Gabbana, with an introduction
Everybody knows that Italy boasts – in every region, province, by Fabrizia Lanza, creates a true mise en place of dishes, recipes,
and home – an impressive culinary heritage, which has stabilized and objects. Thanks to the photographs by Charlie Richards,
and evolved in time. Its richness is envied by many. Nonetheless, Andreas Achmann, and Robert Sanderson, the book deals with
when you mention “Italian cooking”, some places are more iconic culinary traditions but also the table elements and lifestyle of the
in our minds than others. Dolce&Gabbana Casa line. A high-class, fine book in an extra-
For instance, if you think about a table brandished for an large format set to stand out among other cookbooks, thanks to the
Italian family lunch in the summer, you are probably thinking creative direction of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.
about a terrace in Sicily, with the sun reflecting on the majolica It is a hymn to the island, its products, its craftsmen,
tiles and colorful dishes full of delights. and its lifestyle.
As a land of ingredients growing under a generous sun, Sicily So prepare for a cultural, food, and visual journey. Eggplant
is a place where peoples and cultures have followed one another in Parmesan, Timballo del Gattopardo (the timbale whose recipe
time, creating an incredible stratification of colors, scents, flavors, is contained in the famous novel The Leopard by Tomasi di
and even techniques. In fact, culinary culture goes hand in hand Lampedusa), San Giuseppe bread, and many more recipes
with craftsmanship. Sicilian pottery is an ancient art that began prepared by Chef Antonio De Salvatore become tools to describe
millennia before Christ, when men discovered that fire could a land. The pictures become milestones to narrate the unique style
harden soil and allow them to create floor tiles and objects also of Dolce&Gabbana.
used to store food. The Arab dominion gave this field an additional Dolce&Gabbana Casa celebrates the Handmade in Italy
thrust, with the introduction of glazing. Ceramics became a tradition with its Maiolica Verde collection. By combining white
trademark of the island and conquered the world also through and strong green, it recalls the seaside landscapes of Southern
iconic objects such as the moor’s heads. Italy, permeated by the scents of the Mediterranean scrubland.

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