Books

Papale Papale. Thoughts and Recipes to Nourish your Soul

by Fabio Picchi
(2016, Giunti editore, 256 pages)

A journey into his own self, a reflection on faith that is not necessarily religion, but a different way to look at the world around us
– La Repubblica

Florence. Walking through food and culture

by Fabio Picchi, with illustrations by Giulio Picchi
(2015, Giunti editore, 256 pages)

“A love hymn to Florence: educated, passionate, extraordinarily partisan.”
– 
Il Messaggero

Ho fame di te e di paradiso

Appunti di cucina e intingoli per la voglia di cucinare bene e e affrontare i prossimi 1000 anni
by Fabio Picchi
(2013, Rai Eri)

This book should be read as an essay or a treaty on aesthetics
– 
L’Espresso

Ostriche Rosse per Napoleone

by Fabio Picchi
(2013, Mondadori Electa, 141 pages)

Fabio Picchi combines history and fiction in a tribute to his favourite island
– 
Il Tirreno

Soffriggo per te

Le mie frittelle e poi…il racconto delle cento ricette della mia famiglia
by Fabio Picchi
(2012, Rai Eri)

Cooking as experience, knowledge and culture.
– 
L’Espresso

Il segreto della mezza luna

by Fabio Picchi
(2011, Illustrati Mondadori, 144 pages)

The Florentine chef’s début with crime fiction is a gourmet-novel. In the style of Nero Wolfe
– Io Donna

Senza vizi e senza sprechi

by Fabio Picchi
(2010, Illustrati Mondadori, 144 pages)

A sort of manual in seven chapters (the capital vices) in which Picchi also tells how much we changed since globalisation is threatening our differences and homologating our taste buds
– Il Venerdì di Repubblica

I dieci comandamenti per non far peccato in cucina

by Fabio Picchi
(2009, Mondadori, 143 pages)

Picchi concentrates on relations, more than on ingredients
– Corriere della sera