Little cheerful book full of insights
about life in Venice.
It goes through lots of aspects of daily
life, from past to present, provides answers to some curiosities such as roots
of the masks, names of streets, traditions etc. The book is divided in chapters, with some of them named after a different part of the body where it describes
what Venice cause to each of them: legs, ears, nose, face etc.
I don’t want to be a spoiler but I just
want to register the three Venetian dishes suggestion by the author:
1. Bigoli – paste with
Sardines
2.
Sarde in Saór – Fried sardines with onions and vinegar,
this reminds me very much of the Portuguese dish: sardinhas de escabeche
3.
Figà a la venessiana - Calve´s liver cook to the point with
onions.
I wish I had read it before the trip so
I could pay more attention to some details.
Worth reading.