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The Observer today calls ‘Al Dente’ “something like a fusion of Coleridge's Table Talk and...
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The Observer today calls ‘Al Dente’ “something like a fusion of Coleridge's Table Talk and...
Al Dente will be released on March 28, 2013 in Mass Market Paperback
Mar 28, 2013
Al Dente is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Mar 28, 2013
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge and spaghettiMar 13, 2012
Al Dente will be released on March 01, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 01, 2012
Al Dente is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 01, 2012
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NewsRT.co.uk, May 24, 2013
...Sub-titled "Madness, Beauty and the Food of Rome", this quirky book will enlighten first-time visitors and old hands alike. Its eccentric nature is conveyed by recipes that include a stew of vineyard snails from 1930 and a seminal tomato sauce from 1891,...
New York Times, February 12, 2013
...couldn’t love him, or the book, more. (Runners-up: Ciaran Carson’s dreamlike, mesmerizing novel “Shamrock Tea,” and David Winner’s “Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football” — a great read even if you think you don’t care...
The Scotsman, December 14, 2012
...and digest what other cultures and societies have to offer. In Al Dente (Simon & Schuster, £14.99), David Winner enters the labyrinth that is Rome, with its saints and feast days, its movies and paintings, pursuing “food, hunger, history and...
Sabotage Times, December 5, 2012
...is pretty good. A season long look at Cowdenbeath FC. Russ 9:18 am, 9-Oct-2010 Those Feet by David Winner is a cracker as well. Why English football has its roots in masturbation. Jeff 7:29 pm, 9-Oct-2010 I just bought 'Keeper of Dreams' on the...
Forbes.com, October 10, 2012
...soccer recognizable writers from Issue Zero. Contributions regularly come from Phillippe Auclair, Iain Macintosh, Graham Hunter, Gabrielle Marcotti, David Winner, Michael Cox, and others. The Blizzard aims to be a high-end, highly intelligent gathering...
The Independent, September 7, 2012
..."a driver staring at a car crash on the motorway" when City won the league. When another writer, David Winner, told Alan Shearer that he wanted to ask Rooney about the cognitive processes that went into his game, the pundit told him, "he probably won't...
IOL, August 30, 2012
...Al Dente: Madness, Beauty and Food of Rome By David Winner (Simon and Schuster, R240) A friend was given this book as a gift and I got stuck into it. The author says she didn’t realise her dependence on...
AllVoices, May 24, 2013
...Suggested Topics Sub-titled "Madness, Beauty and the Food of Rome", this quirky book will enlighten first-time visitors and old hands alike. Its eccentric nature is conveyed by recipes that include a stew of vineyard snails from 1930 and a seminal tomato...
The Independent, May 24, 2013
...Sub-titled "Madness, Beauty and the Food of Rome", this quirky book will enlighten first-time visitors and old hands alike. Its eccentric nature is conveyed by recipes that include a stew of vineyard snails from 1930 and a seminal tomato sauce from 1891,...
NewsRT.co.uk, May 24, 2013
...Sub-titled "Madness, Beauty and the Food of Rome", this quirky book will enlighten first-time visitors and old hands alike. Its eccentric nature is conveyed by recipes that include a stew of vineyard snails from 1930 and a seminal tomato sauce from 1891,...
Guardian.co.uk, May 22, 2013
...to collectivise the art of sports". In a piece in issue three of the Blizzard, Simon Kuper and David Winner argue that Ajax played the same role in the Netherlands as the Beatles played in England. "The Dutch," Smeets went on, "are at their best when...
Guardian.co.uk, May 3, 2013
...team (Udinese recently signed a 19-year-old who had played only one game for the first team)," wrote David Winner in March 1997, shortly before Ajax beat Atlético Madrid in their European Cup quarter-final. "The loss of talent will continue this summer,...
United States Army, May 2, 2013
..."How Volunteering Helps Strengthen our Community." The two winners shared their essays with the gathered crowd. Nate David, winner in the 6-8 grade category, talked about the benefits of volunteering, not just to the community but to the volunteer as...
New York Times, April 26, 2013
...It’s been nearly two years now that I’ve gone without quoting David Winner’s “Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer” in this space. I’m going to fix that now. Not on account of this week’s performances by two...
