{"product_id":"alitalia-first-class-menu-tokyo-rome-1975","title":"Alitalia First Class Menu Tokyo - Rome 1975","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis interesting illustration of Italian kitchen implements was taken from 17th century wood engravings and was on the front cover of a limited edition first-class menu aboard the defunct Alitalia airline. The national carrier is now ITA Airways, also known as Italia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForks, ladles, pots, scales and a mortar and pestle are all shown, as well as bellows to keep the kitchen fire going.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItaly, of course, has a rich gastronomic history dating back centuries, influenced by the many various civilizations and cultures that inhabited this peninsula with its 4,900 miles (7,900km) of coastline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first forms of pasta arrived in Italy, brought by Arab traders, in the 12th century and tomatoes first appeared in Europe via explorers from the New World in the 16th century. Initially, people were suspicious of tomatoes, fearing they might be poisonous\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReputedly, it was sailors – marinara derives from the word for sailors or mariners – who first thought about putting chopped tomatoes together with pasta. There remains a debate that will probably never be cleared up about whether this ‘heavenly marriage’ happened in Naples or Sicily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Italian dessert tiramisu was also created in the 17th century and Italy’s first recipe book was published in 1634: Giovan Battista Crisci’s La Lucerna de’ Corteggiani, a publication that mostly focused on Southern cuisine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis extensive menu was for first class passengers on a flight from Japan to Italy. Needless to say, the lucky passengers at the front of the plane were extremely well-fed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson Ultrachrome HD archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491995590822,"sku":"afu1790053113277","price":16.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491995623590,"sku":"azj1790053113278","price":18.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491995656358,"sku":"iyq1790053113279","price":26.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491995689126,"sku":"nbu1790053113280","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491995721894,"sku":"iac1790053113281","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491995754662,"sku":"qmd1790053113282","price":97.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/alitalia-first-class-menu-tokyo---rome-1975_1.webp?v=1790053141","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/alitalia-first-class-menu-tokyo-rome-1975","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}