Maiwald, Stefan: Die Spaghetti-vongole-Tagebücher (Leinen)

Was tun, wenn der Geburtstag naht? Was tun, wenn die italienische Familie bekocht werden will und der Schwiegervater ein ausgewiesener Feinschmecker ist? Man(n) fragt bei den Besten nach!

Zwischen Venedig und Triest stehen sie mit Rat und Tat zur Seite: der smarteste Barkeeper der Welt, die Königin der Cicchetti, der Kapitän der Sarde in saor, der Padrone der Pasta, die Winzerin der Wasser-Reben, der Frico-Feinschmecker, der Bändiger des Baccalà – und natürlich Pino aus der »Bar in Italien«, der dem Autor beruhigend die Hand hält, wenn der Nervenzusammenbruch droht. Am Ende der Reise zu den kulinarischen Höhepunkten an der Oberen Adria steht das Grande Finale – und die Frage, ob auch der Padrone zufrieden war.

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