Ebook: Never trust a thin cook and other lessons from Italy's culinary capital

I simply want to live in the place with the best food in the world. This dream led Eric Dregni to Italy, first to Milan and eventually to a small, fog-covered town to the north: Modena, the birthplace of balsamic vinegar, Ferrari, and Luciano Pavarotti. Never Trust a Thin Cook is a classic American abroad tale, brimming with adventures both expected and unexpected, awkward social moments, and most important, very good food. Parmesan thieves. Tortellini based on the shape of Venus's navel. Infiltrating the secret world of the balsamic vinegar elite. Life in Modena is a long way from the Leaning.;Contents; Preface; Vicolo Forni; Permesso di Soggiorno; A Page Boy in Pavarotti's Restaurant; Sleeping with Nuns; I1 Cappuccino; Lord Arnold and the Knight; Terror and Courtesy at the Esselunga Supermercato; Foiling the Cheese Thieves; Mold Makes a Good Salami Great; "The Poor Meatball!"; Rats in the Canals, Peacocks in the Piazza; The Bicycle Thief; Treachery and Treason amid the Subcommittee of Vespa Paint; Norman the Conqueror; Eat Your Hat, Cowboy; A Night at the Opera; Four, Five, Sex . . .; Lessons from Guido; Arrangiati!; A Risky Subject; Casino or Casin?; Commie Pigs?