Thousand Days in Tuscany A Bittersweet Adventure

Name: Thousand Days in Tuscany A Bittersweet Adventure
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ISBN: 9780345481092

ISBN-10: 0345481097

ISBN-13: 9780345481092

Edition: 2005

Authors: Marlena de Blasi

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They had met and married on perilously short acquaintance, she an American chef and food writer, he a Venetian banker. Now they were taking another audacious leap, unstitching their ties with exquisite Venice to live in a roughly renovated stable in Tuscany. Once again, it was love at first sight. Love for the timeless countryside and the ancient village of San Casciano dei Bagni, for the local vintage and the magnificent cooking, for the Tuscan sky and the friendly church bells. Love especially for old Barlozzo, the village mago, who escorts the newcomers to Tuscany's seasonal festivals; gives them roasted country bread drizzled with just-pressed olive oil; invites them to gather…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/27/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.43" wide x 6.96" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Prologue


Summer



The Gorgeous Things They're Cooking Are Zucchini Blossoms



Figs and Apples Threaded on Strings



The Valley Is Safe, and We Will Bake Bread



Are You Making a Mattress Stuffed with Rosemary?



Sit the Chicken in a Roasting Pan on a Pretty Bed of Turnips and Onions, Leeks and Carrots


Fall



Vendemmiamo--Let's Pick Those Grapes



Dolce e Salata, Sweet and Salty--Because That's How Life Tastes to Me



Now These Are Chestnut Trees



Do Tuscans Drink Wine at Every Meal?


Winter



Perhaps as a Genus, Olives Know Too Much



December Has Come to Live in the Stable



Supper Made from Almost Nothing



Fasting Was How We Were Living Anyway


Spring



Virtuous Drenches



Flor and I Are Shelling Peas



The First of the Zucchini Blossoms Are Up


Recipes Deep-Fried Flowers, Vegetables, and Herbs


The Holy Ghost's Cherries


Schiacciata Toscana, Tuscan Flatbread (or "Squashed" Breads)


Winemaker's Sausages Roasted with Grapes


Fagioli al Fiasco sotto le Cenere, Beans Braised in a Bottle under the Cinders


Braised Pork to Taste Like Wild Boar


Castagnaccio


The One and Only True Bruschetta (brew-sket'-ah)


What It Is and How to Pronounce It


A Tasting of Pecorino Cheeses with Chestnut Honey