Under the Tuscan sun : at home in Italy

Mayes, Frances

Under the Tuscan sun : at home in Italy / Frances Mayes - First Broadway Books movie tie-in edition - xvi, 311 pages

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 Riva, 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 Ben Tornati (welcome back) Conversion chart Swan excerpt

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.

0767916069


Mayes, Frances


Cooking, Italian


Tuscany (Italy)--Description and travel
Tuscany (Italy)--Social life and customs

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