Introduction (Cont.)

    Finally, we come to food, which is central to the Italian character. Italian restaurants are ubiquitous throughout the world; pasta and pizza can be ordered in Bangkok, Beijing, and Boston. A brief overview of some of the characteristic elements of Italian food (including some recipes) are described to encourage you to try your hand at recreating the Italian culinary experience at home.

    In addition, the e-book has a level of "interactivity" unavailable in the old-fashioned paper version. Digitizing the pages, we noticed that many subjects were often mentioned in more than one chapter, allowing us to hyperlink them together. Any word or phrase that is a different color from the regular black text is a link to another chapter on that very subject. For example, a sentance that reads "Michelangelo lived in Rome and loved pizza." has links to chapters on Michelangelo, Rome, and pizza, respectively.

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