CARLUCCIO, ANTONIO — A Passion for Mushrooms

UK, Pavilion Books Limited. 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket, 27.5cm. Ill.: Flo Bayley. Book, This is a book on both hunting and eating wild mushrooms. It is not only a gastronomic exploration, with around 100 original, tested recipes, many from the author's Neal Street Restaurant in London. About the author >> In 1958, at the age of 21, Antonio Carluccio began to cook simple pasta suppers for himself and his flat-mate on a two-ring stove in Vienna. Now, known for his gentle manner, gruff voice and his wild crop of white hair, Antonio is regarded as the Godfather of Italian gastronomy. Being born on the Amalfi Coast in the South and raised in the wooded North-West has given Antonio a rare and privileged breadth of culinary knowledge. It was here, in Piedmont, at the age of seven, that Antonio started his life-long past-time of hunting and collecting mushrooms and funghi with his father. After time spent living in Germany, Antonio moved to London in 1975 and while learning English, traded as a wine merchant of Italian wines. His hobby of studying and collecting wild mushrooms continued to flourish. A nice review >> Carluccio at his best - mushrooms are his passion! I do not know if he has "mushroom" for any more! , Excellent/Very Good.