Ninety recipes "stolen" from Michelin-starred chefs or the simplest kitchens to tell the story of Italy's "minor" islands and their encounters with sailors, armies, pirates, conquerors, kings, and fugitives. Around this "main course" are staircases, alleys and memories, the shimmering sun, unimaginable beaches or cliffs plunging into the sea, scents, colours, wind, sea, broom, flowers and the warmth of the people. Gamberi e gomene (Shrimps and Hawsers) is not just a title, it's a manifesto. Gamberi says that this is about food to be experienced at home, out of curiosity or nostalgia. Gomene (the name of the rope that ties the ship to the quay) speaks of physical and emotional encounters, between islanders and travellers, between land and sea, between the island and the world.
