The Eternal Table: A Cultural History of Food in Rome

The Eternal Table is the first concise cultural history of food in Rome from the pre-Romans to modern day. This historical narrative revisits the rich story of Rome through a culinary lens recounting the human partnership with what was raised, picked, fished, caught, slaughtered, cooked, and served, from farm and market to banquets and festivals.

Karima Moyer-Nocchi was born and raised in the US, immigrating to the Italy in 1990. She is a professor at the University of Siena in the Modern Languages department and lectures in Food Studies at the University of Rome, Tor Vergata and the University of Oklahoma, Arezzo. Her first book, Chewing the Fat - An Oral History of Italian Foodways from Fascism to Dolce Vita, an exposé about the mythologies regarding Italian food traditions was published in 2015 to critical acclaim. In the works is a cookbook of ＂assimilation cuisine,＂ exploring her personal culinary experiences as a permanent immigrant resident in Italy. She currently resides in Umbria. Giancarlo Rolandi is a native Roman, Vice President of Slow Food Rome, and lectures in culinary history at the University of Rome. He is the director of the award-winning film Così mangiavano, and author of Hostaria cinema.