NAPOLI, A SIMPOSIO COOKBOOK

Napoli: fire and salt.
Voices in the street.
Sauce simmering for hours.

Naples’ culture is thrown at you the minute you step off the train. It colonizes, unapologetically and continuously, all your senses.

This Simposio explores the city through its food, history, beliefs, characters, and rituals. From mangiafoglie to mangiamaccheroni. From San Gennaro to the lottery. From coffee to comedy.

Each chapter opens a door into the city. Recipes, stories, and photography belong to the same exploration.

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INSIDE NAPOLI’S SIMPOSIO

• Mangiafoglie and mangiamaccheroni: vegetables, pasta, and the city’s changing food culture.
• The lazzaroni, San Gennaro, and the relationship with the dead.
• Coffee, the lottery, and the Neapolitan presepe.
• The cloister of Santa Chiara, the monzù, and Neapolitan comedy.
• Sophia Loren, Bud Spencer, and Maradona.
• Traditional recipes, from minestra zitella and pasta e patate to Genovese, ragù napoletano, and babà.

A TASTE OF WHAT YOU’LL COOK

Salsicce e friarielli. Scarola con passi e pinoli. Lasagna napoletana. Pasta e fagioli. Frittata di maccheroni al pomodoro.

And then biscotti di San Gennaro, torrone dei morti, raffiuoli.

Some names may already be familiar. Others may give you a reason to begin exploring.