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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxix, 283 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Marlena de Blasi relates the story of her association with Tosca Brozzi, the aged matriarch of the secret Sicilian villa of Donnafugata, who was sold at age nine to a feudal prince and later became his mistress.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
317 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The latest gastronomic adventure from the author of A Thousand Days in Venice brings to life an Italian culture steeped in culinary tradition and social eccentricity. De Blasi's narrative focuses on the city of Orvieto, a city "built on wine" in Italy's Umbria, where she and her husband, Fernando, search for a home and find one: a former ballroom in a 15th-century palazzo. Her exploration of her new life in Orvieto is meal-centered, showing us mouth-watering...
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