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Corfu Banquet celebrates the tastes, smells and colours of an island where the cooking is seasonal and the flowers play changes on the theme of a year-round spring. An island where life follows the sea; from an icy turquoise in March, through autumn's olive darkness when mourga, (the mush of discarded olive skins from the village press) clouds the water to a claret wine, as winter sets in. A memoir in the rhythm of the five seasons of Corfu, the story tells of the house of Rovinia, built in the sixties by Emma Tennant's parents and of Maria, the 'spirit of the house', her knowledge and wisdom. Corfu Banquet entwines recipes and original photographs with fond recollections in prose. This is a sensuous experience, like pinching the basil that grows in great pots at the back door or tasting the pale pink of the homemade fragole ice cream.

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'Respectful and insightful, it is a million miles from the beer 'n' chips tourism elsewhere on the island.' -- A Place in the Sun Magazine, July 2004

'allows you to actually taste a tiny corner of sunny Greece.' -- Backpacker Magazine, August 04

a beautiful book whose elegiac tone is quickened by Emma Tennant's own warmth and wit. -- The Independent on Sunday, 1 August 2004

‘...a brilliant prose style, entertaining anecdotes and recipes...’ -- The Daily Telegraph

‘’Full of Love for Corfu’ ... ‘delicious recipes’ ... ‘very quirky and absolutely enchanting" - Antonia Fraser -- BBC Radio 4, Front Row
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Born in London in 1937, Emma Tennant worked for Queen and Vogue magazines before becoming a full-time writer. She has written over 20 books, including A House in Corfu, Emma in Love, Girlitude and Sylvia and Ted.

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  • PublisherSummersdale Publishers
  • Publication date2004
  • ISBN 10 1840243813
  • ISBN 13 9781840243819
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages200
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