Waverley Lewis Root (April 15, 1903 – October 31, 1982) was an American journalist and writer. Root authored the classic The Food of Italy on Italy and its regional cuisines.[1]
Waverley Root
Root's author photograph from The Food of Italy, 1971
^ ab"Waverely L. Root, 79, Journalist". New York Times. November 1982. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
^Cody, Edward (October 3, 1987). "Le Centennial". Washington Post.
^The Cooking of Italy (International Edition), by Waverley Root, photographed by Fred Lyon, Time-Life International (Nederland), 1969, page 4 (bottom).
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