The book: Why Italians Love to Talk about Food by Elena Kostioukovitch is to be published in the United States by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
English translator of the book - Anne Milano Appel, Ph.D (http://annemilanoappel.com/default.aspx), 23rd Annual Northern California Book Awards winner in the Translation category and 2004 PEN Center USA Literary Awards finalist.