Perhaps see the book Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food by John Dickie: > In this “revelatory history of gourmet Italy from antiquity to

Perhaps see the book Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food by John Dickie: > In this “revelatory history of gourmet Italy from antiquity to today” (Publishers Weekly), the fascinating story of how one vast country comprised of uniquely distinct regions came to produce some of the most delicious and beloved foods of all time is expertly revealed. * https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Delizia!/John-Dickie/9780743278072 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Delizia!/John-Dickie/... (He also wrote Cosa Nostra, about the Sicilian mafia, and Blood brotherhoods: a history of Italy's three mafias.)