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291 pages ; 21 cm, A chronicle of the author's first four years in Italy, describing her purchase and restoration of an abandoned villa in the Tuscan countryside, her transformation of the overgrown gardens, and her discovery of the many links between the food and culture of the region, Originally published: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1996, Excerpts from this book appeared in the New York Times, Ploughshares, and House beautiful, Preface -- Bramare: (archaic) to yearn for -- A house and the land it takes two oxen two days to plow -- Sister water, brother fire -- The wild orchard -- Whir of the sun -- Festina Tarde (make haste slowly) -- A long table under the trees -- Summer kitchen notes -- Cortona, noble city -- Rive, Maremma: into wildest Tuscany -- Turning Italian -- Green oil -- Floating world: a Winter season -- Winter kitchen notes -- Rose walk -- Sempre pietra (always stone) -- Relics of Summer -- Solleone

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Author
Mayes, Frances, author
Publisher
New York : Broadway Books
Published
1997
Language
EN
ISBN
9780754012740
Category
travel
Subjects
Memoir, Cooking, Fiction
Rating
3.73 / 5 (282,391 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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