Free (nook/Kindle) Passion for Pizza [Specialty Dish Travelogue Artbook & Cookbook]

[ATDrake]

Passion for Pizza: A Journey Through Thick and Thin to Find the Pizza Elite by Craig Whitson, Tore Gjesteland, Mats Widen, & Kenneth Hansen (who, surprisingly, all seem to be Norwegian authors) is their lavishly photo-illustrated bi-continental travelogue cum cookbook in search of Exactly What It Says In The Title, free courtesy of publisher Agate's Surrey imprint.

This not only contains profiles and interviewettes with Italian and US pizzeria chefs about the style, history, and practice of their local specialties both traditional and modern, there's also an extensive DIY techniques & recipes guide section not just for the pizza itself, but also enhancing side dishes and condiments. Really very nifty.

Currently free @ B&N (may also drop in the UK), Amazon (not available to Canadians, but also free in the UK), and directly at the publisher's webstore (DRM-free ePub available worldwide). May also be free at Google Play for the US and/or drop at iTunes for the US, where Agate freebies have been showing up in recent weeks (but seem to be skipping this time around).

And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day.

Because even though I'm a lousy, lazy cook, I these types of globe-trotting local arts/crafts/artisans apprecation travelogue + DIY at home techniques combo artbooks and this looks like an especially nice one which I may one day actually use. And it's available DRM-free worldwide for international Gentle Readers to enjoy as well, which makes it extra-awesometastic!

Enjoy!

Description
Passion for Pizza celebrates the people, personalities, and stories behind one of the world's favorite foods. Not only a cookbook and a history book, it is also a tribute to the people and places that makes this dish a global favorite. It is a beautifully illustrated volume by a team of award-winning authors, photographers, and designers who diligently followed the smell of great pizza to wherever it led them. Passion for Pizza begins in Italy, introducing readers to pizzaioli in places such as Naples, Rome, and Palermo. Next up is the pizza of New York, Chicago, and California, where it's as essential as baseball and mom's apple pie. The authors visit the people who produce the cheeses, tomatoes, flour, and other ingredients used in pizza making, showing the global reach of locally sourced foods. This exuberant tour guide digs deep into pizza culture with interviews of oven-makers, consultants, professors, acrobats, and journalists.

With more than 50 easy-to-follow recipes for individual pizzas and crusts, over 40 pizzeria profiles, and 20 profiles of the people behind the pizza, this book inspires home cooks and aficionados alike.