Fiori di Zucca - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848990693 ISBN 13: 9781848990692

Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers

Synopsis

Valentina Harris truly cooks from the heart' Giorgio Locatelli Renowned cookery writer Valentina Harris has an extraordinary family history to tell: political activism, scandalous love and exile. Against a backdrop of different cultures and cuisines, Valentina narrates these beautiful and powerful stories along with her discovery of pure, intense happiness from cooking. Each of her recipes tells a tale - you'll find the Chinese Tea-Smoked Duck, her grandmother's legacy of a life in Peking, the Seafood Risotto that Beppino, their cook, taught her in Italy and the Nougat Semifreddo that she used to eat with her father on the via Veneto in Rome. Here are 85 recipes that have been handed down through the generations or inspired by family stories and experiences. This is the culmination of Valentina's career and the book of her heart and soul.

About this title

About the Author:

Valentina Harris grew up in Tuscany, has written authoritatively on many aspects of Italian food and has appeared on TV regularly since her first BBC series, 'Italian Regional Cookery'. She is the author of more than 40 internationally successful titles, including Valentina Harris's Complete Italian Cookery Course, Risotto! Risotto!, Slow, and the recent Gourmand World Cookbook Award-winning series on regional Italian cookery. The 'Queen of Italian Cookery', Valentina divides her time between London and Italy and works as a consultant, teaches at La Cucina Caldesi in London, runs the Chef's Theatre at the Real Food Festival in London and holds cookery courses in different parts of Italy.

Review:

"Fiori di Zucca is as much a cilinary treasure as it is an up-close and personal view of unfolding history through one family's eyes, and highly recommwnded."
- The Midwest Book Review (July 2013)

About this edition

• Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
• ISBN 10: 1848990693
• ISBN 13: 9781848990692
• Binding: Hardcover