Anthony Di Renzo, Bitter Greens: Essays on Food, Politics, and Ethnicity from the Imperial Kitchen

Anthony Di Renzo, Bitter Greens: Essays on Food, Politics, and Ethnicity from the Imperial Kitchen (SUNY Press, 2010)

In his newest collection of essays, Di Renzo cooks up an intimate and colorful portrait of the Italian American experience and its rich culinary culture. Part history, part memoir, part travel guide, part cookbook, Di Renzo uses food as a springboard for discussing the intersections between ethnicity, memory, and identity.

Di Renzo, a self-proclaimed fugitive from advertising, lives in Ithaca, New York, where he teaches professional writing at Ithaca College.