FRED PLOTKIN: Writing
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The Authentic Pasta Book (Simon & Schuster; 1985). Ranked by The Atlantic and many food professionals as the best book on pasta, even though many have been published since. Hard to locate because those who own it don’t let go of it.
Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera (Hyperion; foreword by Plácido Domingo; 1993) --also available as an audio book and for download at Audible.com. This book is the best-selling standard text for learning opera, used by most major opera companies and more than 40 universities.
Eating Healthy for a Healthy Baby: A Month-by-Month Guide to Nutrition During Pregnancy (Crown, with Dana Cernea, M.D. 1994). Available in libraries and at some booksellers, this book offers valuable nutritional guidance and delicious recipes for pregnant women and their families
Italy Today: The Beautiful Cookbook (Collins, written with Lorenza De’ Medici). Part of the gorgeous series of “Beautiful Cookbooks,” this book contains recipes that reflect how Italians eat now. Finalist for the James Beard Award.
Recipes from Paradise: Life and Food on the Italian Riviera (Little, Brown; 1997). Listed first among the New York Times best cookbooks of 1997. Finalist for the Julia Child Cookbook Award (IACP) and the James Beard Award.
Italy for the Gourmet Traveler: originally published in 1997; In May 2010, the Fifth Edition will be published by Kyle Books in the USA and by Kyle Cathie Publishers in the UK. This is the most complete travel book ever written for people visiting Italy with an interest in that nation’s peerless food and wine culture. It covers more than 500 cities in every region of Italy. Rick Steves, who knows Italy intimately, said it is “So filled with passion and expertise...the definitive guide for Italian food culture.”
Sardegna: Quattro Fotografi Magnum Raccontono L’Isola (Federico Motta). A book of magnificent photos of Sardinians and their island, with text in Italian by Fred Plotkin
La Terra Fortunata: The Splendid Food and Wine of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Broadway Books 2001). Finalist for the James Beard Award, a loving and thorough biography with recipes of one of the least-known and most rewarding regions of Italy.
Classical Music 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Classical Music (Hyperion, 2002) --available as an audio book and for download from Audible.com.
-----> published in the UK by Aurum Press as Classical Music Unbuttoned: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Classical Music.
now writing: In the Footsteps of Michelangelo: A Traveler’s Biography (Bloomsbury)
in addition:
Rome in Detail: A guide for the expert traveler (Rizzoli; 2008; Introduction by Fred Plotkin)
Florence in Detail: A guide for the expert traveler (Rizzoli; 2008; Introduction by Fred Plotkin)
Tuscany and Umbria: The Collected Traveler (edited by Barrie Kerper; Vintage Departures; 2010; essay by Fred Plotkin)
Venice: The Collected Traveler: An Inspired Anthology and Travel Resource (Vintage; essay)
La Cucina: The Regional Cooking of Italy (Rizzoli, Nov 2009; Consulting Editor) 2100 recipes from all over Italy. The New York Times named this one of the top ten cookbooks of 2009
Guida ai Vini del Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2010 (C.C.I.A.A. Udine 2009; essay pp 377-384)
The New York Theater Guide, by Charles Lawliss (Routledge; 1981; Ghostwriter)
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture (Charles Scribners’ Sons; article on food and opera)
Journalism
articles in many publications, including:
Bon Appétit, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Das Opernglas, L’Espresso, Financial Times, Food & Travel, Food & Wine, Gourmet, GQ, Guardian, International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, New York Times, Opera News, Palm Beach Post, Playbill, Saveur, Self, Stagebill, Travel & Leisure, Wine Enthusiast
blogger for the New York Times:
Intro: http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/q-and-a-with-fred-plotkin/
1st batch: http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/q-and-a-with-fred-plotkin-2/
2nd batch: http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/23/q-and-a-with-fred-plotkin-round-two/
3rd batch: http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/q-and-a-with-fred-plotkin-round-3/
Fred Plotkin has written numerous highly acclaimed books that reflect his passion, expertise and curiosity concerning many topics, but especially everything Italian.
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Books
Fred Plotkin’s articles have appeared in major publications in the United States and Europe. See a list of some of these below the list of Fred’s books.
