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The Spaghetti Tree: Mario and Franco and the Trattoria Revolution

The Spaghetti Tree: Mario and Franco and the Trattoria Revolution

by Alasdair Scott Sutherland (Author), Len Deighton (Foreword), Len Deighton (Foreword)

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Synopsis

This title is part social history, part personal memoir. It is the story of the 1960s era when a small group of Italian immigrants, led by Mario and Franco and all connected to each other, introduced Britain to authentic Italian cooking and to the 'Trattoria style' which transformed our food and restaurant culture.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 255
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Primavera Books Ltd
Published: 01 Apr 2009
ISBN 10: 0955789206
ISBN 13: 9780955789205

Media Reviews
The trattoria revolution was the biggest leap forward in Britain's culinary development since Escoffier. This important chronicle of our social history is long overdue - Alastair Little. A deeply enjoyable social history to salivate over - Mary Killen
Author Bio
Born in Ceylon, (Sri Lanka) Alasdair Sutherland was educated at Tonbridge and in Italy and Ireland. He was a London restaurateur in the 1970s and his later career was in international public relations agencies. The Spaghetti Tree is his first book. Alasdair trained at The Hotel Portmeirion and then worked in public relations in 1960s London, while moonlighting as a waiter in several Chelsea bistros. In 1971 he and his brother Robin opened Small's Cafe on the Fulham Road, the first Rock'n'Roll revival restaurant, and then Small's Restaurant on Knightsbridge Green two years later. Their partnership expanded with the Old Compton Wine Bar and Maunkberry's night club. Alasdair then returned to the PR agency business, and for the next thirty years worked for three of the world's largest PR firms, first in the Far East and then across Europe. In 2001 he was President of the International Public Relations Association. Alasdair wrote on life inside the restaurant business for London Life in the 1970s and was the restaurant critic and a regular columnist of the Hong Kong Tatler in the 1980s. He and his wife Felicity live in West London.