A Thousand Days In Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure - Hardcover

De Blasi, Marlena

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565123921 ISBN 13: 9781565123922

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 2004

Synopsis

A transplanted American chef and food writer continues her story of her life in Italy, describing her and her husband's move to rural Tuscany into a former stable with no phone or central heating and detailing their participation in local life, farming traditions, and culinary discoveries. By the author of A Thousand Days in Venice.

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Review:

"De Blasi's glittering descriptions and mouthwatering recipes take you directly into the heart of Italy and into the souls of the Italian people."
-Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia

"Filled with warmth and the rich and simple drama of a beautiful life. The evocation of country dishes is mouthwatering, the lyrical beauty irresistible."
-Susan Herrmann Loomis, author of On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town

"A love poem to de Blasi's professional life as a chef."
-USA Today

"Rich with food, weather, romance, and, above all, life . . . [De Blasi] immerses her readers in life's poignancy, brevity, and wonder."
-Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Marlena de Blasi is the internationally bestselling author of A Thousand Days in Venice, as well as four further bestselling memoirs and a novel, Amandine. She is also the author of two internationally published cookbooks of Italian food.

About this edition

• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1565123921
• ISBN 13: 9781565123922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 325