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A Thousand Days in Tuscany
de Marlena de Blasi
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1844081532
- ISBN 13
- 9781844081530
- Librería
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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Virago Press, London, 2014. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine Condition. Size: Small Octavo. 301 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Continuing from A Thousand Days in Venice, this is the story of Marlena and her Venetian husband, Fernando, as they make a life for themselves in rural Tuscany. Amongst the many people they befriend is Barluzzo, an old sage who takes the couple under his wing and initiates them in the age-old traditions of Tuscan life: since their house lacks electricity, he helps them build a traditional brick oven in the garden; in autumn he wakes them at dawn to gather chestnuts and porcini mushrooms, and at the onset of winter he takes them to pull grapes from the vines and beat olives from the trees. Beautifully written and richly seasoned with mouth-watering recipes of the region, this book is filled with the carpe diem attitude that so captivated readers of A Thousand Days in Venice. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Italy; 2000s; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781844081530. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8772. . 9781844081530
Sinopsis
American chef Marlena de Blasi and her Venetian husband, Fernando, married rather late in life. In search of the rhythms of country living, the couple moves to a barely renovated former stable in Tuscany with no phone, no central heating, and something resembling a playhouse kitchen. They dwell among two hundred villagers, ancient olive groves, and hot Etruscan springs. In this patch of earth where Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio collide, there is much to feed de Blasi's two passions-food and love. We accompany the couple as they harvest grapes, gather chestnuts, forage for wild mushrooms, and climb trees in the cold of December to pick olives, one by one. Their routines are not that different from those of villagers centuries earlier.They are befriended by the mesmeric Barlozzo, a self-styled village chieftain. His fascinating stories lead de Blasi more deeply inside the soul of Tuscany. Together they visit sacred festivals and taste just-pressed olive oil, drizzled over roasted country bread, and squash blossoms, battered and deep-fried and sprayed with sea-salted water. In a cauldron set over a wood fire, they braise beans in red wine, and a stew of wild boar simmers overnight in the ashes of their hearth. Barlozzo shares his knowledge of Italian farming traditions, ancient health potions, and artisanal food makers, but he has secrets he doesn't share, and one of them concerns the beautiful Floriana, whose illness teaches Marlena that happiness is truly a choice.Like the pleasurable tastes and textures of a fine meal, A Thousand Days in Tuscany is as satisfying as it is enticing. The author's own recipes are included.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 8772
- Título
- A Thousand Days in Tuscany
- Autor
- Marlena de Blasi
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine Condition
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Reprint
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 1844081532
- ISBN 13
- 9781844081530
- Editorial
- Virago Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2014
- Palabras clave
- BZDB137 tuscany, life, italy, travel, places, Travel & Places; Italy; 2000s; Biography & Autobiography. EAN: 9781844081530 Marlena de Blasi A Thousand Days in Tuscany
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