{"product_id":"stolen-figs-and-other-adventures-in-calabria-9780865476967","title":"Stolen Figs: And Other Adventures in Calabria","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalabria is the toe of the boot that is Italy \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ea rugged peninsula where grapevines and fig and olive trees cling to the mountainsides during scorching summers. Calabria is also a seedbed of Italian-American culture; in North America, more people of Italian heritage trace their roots to Calabria than to almost any other region in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Rotella's \u003ci\u003eStolen Figs \u003cb\u003e-- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003enamed a Best Travel Book of 2003 by\u003ci\u003e Cond  Nast Traveler \u003cb\u003e-- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a marvelous evocation of Calabria. A grandson of Calabrese immigrants, Rotella persuades his father to visit the region for the first time in thirty years; once there, he meets Giuseppe, a postcard photographer who becomes his guide. As they travel around the region, Giuseppe initiates Rotella \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand the reader \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003einto its secrets: how to make a soppressata and 'nduja, and, of course, how to steal a fig without committing a crime. \u003ci\u003eStolen Figs\u003c\/i\u003e is a model travelogue \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eat once charming and wise, and full of an earthy and unpretentious sense of life that now, as ever, characterizes Calabria and its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865476967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/02\/2004 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2004 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mark Rotella","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645405655196,"sku":"9780865476967","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8babb44e-a58c-4de4-b986-8af3dc9098c2.jpg?v=1603861043","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stolen-figs-and-other-adventures-in-calabria-9780865476967","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}