Aldo Buzzi (born August 10, 1910 in Como, Italy). Graduated from Milan School of Architecture in 1938. Though primarily an author of travel and gastronomy books, he also worked as an architect; as assistant director, scene writer, and screen writer for various film production companies in the former Yugoslavia, and in Rome, Italy, and France. Edited the following films: La Kermesse heroica, Ridolini e la collana della suocera e Ridolini esploratore, and Sette anni di guai, all produced by Editoriale Domus, 1945. August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Como is a city in Lombardy, Italy, 45 km north of Milan; the capital of the province of Como, it borders Lake Como. ... // Scope and intentions According to the very earliest surviving work on the subject, Vitruvius De Architectura, good buildings should have Beauty (Venustas), Firmness (Firmitas) and Utility (Utilitas); architecture can be said to be a balance and coordination among these three elements, with none overpowering the others. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gastronomy is the study of relationship between culture and food. ... Screenwriters, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Cyrillic ЈугоÑлавија) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area - City Proper 1290 km² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Books by Aldo Buzzi:
Piccolo diario americano, illustrated by Saul Steinberg (1974)
L'uovo alla kok: ricette, curiosita (1979)
Viaggio in Terra de mosche e altri viaggi (1994); translated into English by Ann Goldstein and published as Journey to the Land of the Flies (1996)
Cechov e Sondrio (1991)
A Weakness for Almost Everything (1999); translated by Ann Goldstein
Buzzi dreams of eating bucatini alla matriciana, without the distraction of sauce on his tablecloth, shirt, tie or carpet, "while sitting comfortably, bare-chested, in the shade of a pinewood, followed with alert eyes by the faithful hound...
Buzzi's gastronomic musings were first published in Italy more than two decades ago and - better late than never - Bloomsbury and the supremely talented Guido Waldman (the award-winning translator of Alessandro Baricco's novel Silk) are to be congratulated for bringing it afresh to an English-language audience.
Aldo covers ground with anecdotes and observations, he name drops shamelessly and throws in tips and recipes for those who want to take the book out of the loo and into the kitchen.
Buzzi's cross-cultural descriptions of memorable meals, dishes, chefs and eaters demonstrate a similarly bizarre and vivid scholarship.
Buzzi concludes philosophically and with tongue lodged firmly in cheek.
Buzzi's whereabouts on any given page, since he wanders casually from present to past to future, leaping with his thoughts from city to city and continent to continent, frequently adopting the voices of his favorite writers as they comment on the topic immediately at hand.
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