How to enjoy the best of Italian food: understand the menu and know how to order in a restaurant or street market. Complements the Blue Guides' classic guide-book range as preparation for and accompaniment to any visit to Italy. Comprehensive coverage from pizza and pasta to rare regional delicacies and fine wines. Separate sections on seasonal food, Mediterranean fish, wines and aperitifs, star chefs. Extensive phrasebook-divided into 'what it means' (Italian into English including a glossary) and 'how to ask for' (English into Italian). Good-looking with stylish black and white line drawings, it would also work well as a gift item.