Items related to The Dolce Vita Diaries

The Dolce Vita Diaries - Hardcover

 
9781906321314: The Dolce Vita Diaries
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 

A deliciously different travelogue

In 2005, Cathy and Jason threw in successful careers as TV presenters and producers to become olive farmers in Italy. With their one year old daughter and Italian dictionary in tow, they found themselves in the middle of a European nowhere untouched by modernity. They were on a steep learning curve in more-or-less everything – finding out how to prune an olive tree so that a sparrow can pass through its branches, learning what beauty products are de rigeur in the changing rooms of a local Italian football team, being trained, by a local Italian choir, how to sing in English but with an Italian accent – and learning the rigorous rules of when one is allowed to consume a cappuccino. Armed with their indefatigable love of food, they headed off many a potentially tricky situation by cooking their way out of it, a sure route to the heart of any Italian.

They discover that olive farming is dominated by the big boys and desperate to turn their new home into a way of making a living they cast around for ideas of how they can do so. A flash of inspiration led them to launch an 'Adopt-an-Olive-Tree' scheme. For a fee buyers could adopt a tree, receive produce from it and even go and visit it to give it a hug. The scheme became hugely popular with trees selling out way ahead of expectations. A contract with Selfridges followed and suddenly Cathy and Jason's dream is realised. Or nearly anyway. It's a hard slog and they meet every challenge with fortitude and humour but what they hadn't expected was that the biggest challenge would be the quiet of the countryside. Soon they find themselves hankering for the sounds and stench of the city and facing a difficult decision on what they should do next.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:

Cathy Rogers and Jason Gibb both enjoy life shake-ups. Between them they have notched up careers as TV producers, marine biologists, medics, touring musicians, diving instructors, TV presenters, and even church organists. In 2005, they decided to toss themselves the new challenge of becoming modern European peasants, living and working in an olive grove in the Italian countryside.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherThe Friday Project
  • Publication date2009
  • ISBN 10 1906321310
  • ISBN 13 9781906321314
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages320
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780007346837: The Dolce Vita Diaries

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780007346837
Publisher: The Friday Project, 2010
Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Rogers, Cathy; Gibb, Jason
Published by Harpercollins Pub Ltd (2009)
ISBN 10: 1906321310 ISBN 13: 9781906321314
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Shakespeare Book House
(Rockford, IL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. The item is Brand New!. Seller Inventory # 570SDV000XCN_ns

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 40.78
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.16
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds