Simposio Italian Travel Cookbooks
A Symposium about Italy — an exploration, a banquet, a celebration.
MADE IN ITALY
LOCAL, SMALL, PASSIONATE
More than Cookbooks — A Symposium Without Time
Created by Italian author Claudia Rinaldi, Simposio is a unique collection of Italian travel cookbooks that invites you into the eternal symposium — a gathering of food, wine, stories, and filosofia.
With every page, you’ll taste recipes worthy of Bacchus’s table, wander through villages where nymphs and fauns still linger, and uncover rituals and the quiet beauty of everyday life passed down through generations.
Stunning photography, cultural insights, and seasonal inspiration turn each book into a sensory escape — to be savored slowly, like a Sunday lunch beneath the vines.
Why Simposio?
Because cooking is never just cooking.
It’s memory, myth, and conviviality — a banquet of stories and flavors. Whether you’re preparing a ragù that smells of firewood, dreaming of your next trip, or simply longing for Italy’s light and laughter, Simposio brings it to your table.
A Feast of Authentic Recipes
Authentic, traditional, sometimes-forgotten regional recipes.
Stories Poured Like Wine, Culture Served with Bread
Stories of people, places, and traditions that accompany your cooking.
Your Seat at Italy’s Symposium
Hardcover, paperback, and Kindle editions — made in Italy with care.
Or, if you’d rather savor the banquet slowly, one story and recipe at a time, join me on Substack — the ongoing symposium delivered to your inbox each week.
Rediscovering Italy’s heritage
Take the journey one page at a time.
Each book is a course in the symposium banquet: a season, a city, a region revealed through food, story, and image.
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Every Sunday, I send a free taste of my Italy — stories, reflections, and glimpses of daily life, a kind of small talk before the banquet. It’s a way to get to know me and my world, and to see if it’s your cup of… espresso!
What is Simposio?
A Banquet of Stories and Flavors
You can check all the cookbooks here.