The Sake Book by Stefania Viti

Called "the drink of the gods" because it was anciently brewed in Japanese temples, sake is undoubtedly one of the food and wine symbols of the Rising Sun.
Now that Japanese cuisine has also spread to Italy and sake is increasingly popular, let's tell the world of this drink: history, myths, legends, literary and film references, production, curiosities but also commonplaces, often erroneous, that have accompanied its fame.
Drinking Japan, however, is not just sake: starting from beer to Made in Japan whiskies, passing through shochu, awamori and going even further, this book reveals the universe of Japanese liquors, still little known but highly prized and now trending worldwide.
Accompanying the text are original cocktails designed and made by Italian and Japanese bartenders.
A book that is a voyage of discovery of Japan to drink, a rich and varied world, all waiting to be discovered.

THE AUTHORS.

Laura Viti, a journalist, graduated in Japanese Language and Literature from Ca' Foscari University in Venice, and lived in Tokyo for about ten years. There she worked as an editor at the Japanese magazine "amarena" and collaborated with several Italian newspapers. He deals with contemporary Japan and his articles are published in national and international newspapers. He also follows communication projects in the Italian-Japanese sphere. He is deputy editor of the magazine "ArteCibo" web-magazine in Italian, Japanese and English dedicated to Italian agribusiness of excellence. He is a member of AISTUGIA (Italian Association for Japanese Studies). For Feltrinelli he edited the volume Il Sushi released in the "Real Cinema" series along with the DVD "Jiro e l'arte del sushi." With Gribaudo he published L'arte del Sushi (2015), an expanded, updated and illustrated edition of the first volume, and Il sushi tradizionale (2016).

Miciyo Yamada is a Japanese journalist. She has lived in Italy for more than 36 years. Her articles have appeared in leading "lifestyle" publications in Japan and Italy. She was editor of the women's magazine "amarena," Fushosha Publishing inc. She is an official olive oil taster for the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Forestry of Italy. She is editor of "ArteCibo," a web-magazine dedicated to Italian agribusiness excellence.