Amore and Amaretti

Author(s): Victoria Cosford

Location(s): Italy

Genre(s): Fiction, Food and Drink

Era(s): Modern

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A gastro-memoir! And don’t let the cover lead you to believe it is chick-lit, it isn’t!! L’appetito vien mangiando! – Appetite comes while you are eating. Vicky arrives in Tuscany to study the language and culture of Italy, but soon falls in love with charismatic chef Gianfranco and starts to learn the art of Italian cooking in his trattoria. On Sunday nights, after benches are stacked on tables, they explore the countryside by car, passing glassy lakes and ancient hill towns. This colourful and intoxicating gastro-memoir takes you behind the scenes of romantic restaurants and bars in Tuscany, Umbria, Elba and Perugia. Interspersed with recipes, humour and heartbreak, it will leave you entranced and with a hankering for tagliatelle and truffles.

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‘Her evocative descriptions bring alive everything from caramel-smelling wine-soaked octopus to the soft rattling of dying snails.’ (Real Travel ) If you’ve visited Florence or the Tuscan countryside, this book may bring back some...

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Tuscany and Truffles… a perfect book!!

This book was fantastic. I loved almost every page. It wasn’t a particularly difficult book to read, however this does not draw away from the enjoyment i found reading it. A friend recomended this book to me, as she...

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Four books set in Tuscany

Author: Isabella Orff

An interesting account by a native Australian (I think) of trips to Tuscany, set around food, food and more food. Recipes to make and descriptions to whet the appetite. Great descriptions of Italian restaurant life, a few love encounters...

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