The Western world has had a long-standing love affair with Italian food.
Pizza is much more than a cookbook.
In fact, the cooking portion of the book is relatively small. It is, however, a celebration and history of the famous food and no one is better equipped than Buonassisi to tell this tale. A chemist by training, Buonassisi has lived on four continents. He's written about food and wine as well as popular culture, sailing and computers. He is the vice president of the Associazione Lombarda Archeologia and is currently teaching the history of food at the Universita della Terza Eta in Milan.