Bitter Almonds

Autor Maria Grammatico, Mary Taylor Simeti

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2002

In the early 50s, Maria Grammatico and her sister were sent by their impoverished mother to live in a convent in Erice, on the western coast of Sicily. Leaving at 22, Maria had nothing to show for her hard life there except the ability to make the cakes and delicacies she has made her life's work.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780553814651
ISBN-10: 0553814656
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: line drawings, photos
Dimensiuni: 128 x 195 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Textul de pe ultima copertă

#8212;became first a friend and then the chronicler of Mariaamp;#8217;s extraordinary story.

Notă biografică

Mary Taylor Simeti was born and brought up in New York City. In 1962 she went to Sicily, where she married and raised two children. Her books are the acclaimed SICILIAN FOOD (Grub Street '99), ON PERSEPHONE'S ISLAND (Bantam, '01), the forthcoming TRAVELS WITH A MEDIEVAL QUEEN (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, '02) and BITTER ALMONDS with Maria Grammatico. A respected food writer who occasionally contributes to the New York Times, Mary lives in Sicily with her husband Tonino.

MARIA GRAMMATICO's famous pastry shop, the Pasticceria Maria Grammatico, can be found on via Vittorio Emanuele in Erice, Sicily.

Descriere

A remarkable memoir as well as a hymn to Sicilian food and culture, Bitter Almonds is also an intimate record of a vanishing craft, with 46 authentic recipes.

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