Italian Food Decoder
The ultimate Italian food translator & guide
The ITALIAN FOOD DECODER is the perfect companion for exploring the world of Italian cuisine. This app provides instant translations of all the food names, terms and phrases commonly used in cooking. And its much more than just a dictionary. In-depth entries for all the important words offer background, with descriptions of whats in a dish, where it came from, what goes good with it and who does it best.The ITALIAN FOOD DECODER is comprehensive—some 6,000 words in all, including dialect words and local dishes from every region of Italy. The advanced search function allows you to instantly find the Italian word for anything, and easy navigation lets you puzzle through any restaurant menu in a snap.With so many regional styles and specialities, Italian cooking can be awfully mystifying (weve found over twenty words for chanterelle mushrooms), but this app will help you sort out the local peculiarities as well as the hundreds of varieties of cheeses, charcuterie, fish, pasta shapes and the rest.The ITALIAN FOOD DECODER is an education in everything Italian in a fun, accessible form. Whether youre a first-time visitor or a seasoned Italophile, it is bound to increase your enjoyment and appreciation of one of the worlds great cuisines. Buon appetito!• Over 2000 articles for the most important dishes and specialities• Special lists of cookware and tableware words, cuts of meat, cheese and wine terms and other topics• Links to food sites, blogs and recipes, and to Italian food festivals• Take it to the market and learn what youre looking at• Use it to decipher real Italian recipes• Lists DOC foods, and local specialities in the Slow Food Ark of TasteAbout the AuthorsDana Facaros and Michael Pauls are the authors of twenty-six Cadogan Guides covering every town and region of Italy; in 2018 they published the detailed Bradt Northern Italy: Emilia-Romagna guide and in 2019, their Bradt guide to Friuli Venezia Giulia was the first in English to the region; currently they are working on the Bradt guide to Umbria and Le Marche. They started back in 1986, bringing up their children in a tiny Umbrian village while exploring the country. Italy soon had its way with them, turning them (and the children) into hopeless, unrepentant foodies. In their travels, they always enjoyed taking notes on regional specialities and obscure delights, and these became the basis of this app.Improved design.Minor content updates.Functionality to zoom and pan images when full-screen.Allow portions of text content to be selectable.
The ITALIAN FOOD DECODER is the perfect companion for exploring the world of Italian cuisine. This app provides instant translations of all the food names, terms and phrases commonly used in cooking. And its much more than just a dictionary. In-depth entries for all the important words offer background, with descriptions of whats in a dish, where it came from, what goes good with it and who does it best.The ITALIAN FOOD DECODER is comprehensive—some 6,000 words in all, including dialect words and local dishes from every region of Italy. The advanced search function allows you to instantly find the Italian word for anything, and easy navigation lets you puzzle through any restaurant menu in a snap.With so many regional styles and specialities, Italian cooking can be awfully mystifying (weve found over twenty words for chanterelle mushrooms), but this app will help you sort out the local peculiarities as well as the hundreds of varieties of cheeses, charcuterie, fish, pasta shapes and the rest.The ITALIAN FOOD DECODER is an education in everything Italian in a fun, accessible form. Whether youre a first-time visitor or a seasoned Italophile, it is bound to increase your enjoyment and appreciation of one of the worlds great cuisines. Buon appetito!• Over 2000 articles for the most important dishes and specialities• Special lists of cookware and tableware words, cuts of meat, cheese and wine terms and other topics• Links to food sites, blogs and recipes, and to Italian food festivals• Take it to the market and learn what youre looking at• Use it to decipher real Italian recipes• Lists DOC foods, and local specialities in the Slow Food Ark of TasteAbout the AuthorsDana Facaros and Michael Pauls are the authors of twenty-six Cadogan Guides covering every town and region of Italy; in 2018 they published the detailed Bradt Northern Italy: Emilia-Romagna guide and in 2019, their Bradt guide to Friuli Venezia Giulia was the first in English to the region; currently they are working on the Bradt guide to Umbria and Le Marche. They started back in 1986, bringing up their children in a tiny Umbrian village while exploring the country. Italy soon had its way with them, turning them (and the children) into hopeless, unrepentant foodies. In their travels, they always enjoyed taking notes on regional specialities and obscure delights, and these became the basis of this app.Improved design.Minor content updates.Functionality to zoom and pan images when full-screen.Allow portions of text content to be selectable.
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Excellent
This is a great app and will most definitely come in handy for my Italian gastronomic adventures. I love the dialect/obscure section, very cool, and was happy to find the app is regularly updated and expanded.
Very informative but I wish there were actual recipes. Still worth 5 bucks tho.
This is really excellent, we are slowly making our way around Italy via various holidays and i wouldnt be without this - it allows me to better understand what is on the menu and thus allows me to try different foods and identify any local delicacies i might want to try. Its available offline too so i dont even need an internet connection either. very happy x
Brilliant . Well worth the money
Lovely. Nice pictures, comprehensive , and just plain good. My only complaint is that it does not download to my SD card so it could be used offline when traveling. Cannot always connect. Nice app.
Comprehensive. Every entry is a good read. I found myself using it in Italian supermarkets.
It covers every kind of Italian food you've ever come across in every last little corner of Italy. You don't even need to go there to thoroughly enjoy a mouthwatering meal.
This app is packed with lots of great information and it has the potential to be a great resource when exploring the culinary traditions of Italy. A caveat, though - improved organization and functionality is very much lacking at this point and search is desperately needed. The app should be free until it's made more functional.
Lots of good information, but hard to navigate without "search"