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On Persephone's Island
An American woman residing in Sicily for the past twenty years portrays the Sicilian landscape and customs--both rural and urban--from the perspectives of both a "foreigner" and a resident.
Sicilian Food
The definitive guide to Sicilian cooking filled with authentic, hard-to-find recipes from this sun-drenched island. Gleaned from the author’s friends, family, and acquaintances on the island of Sicily, Sicilian Food is a delicious journey through the food, traditions, and recipes of this corner of the world. Mary Taylor Simeti, an American who married a Sicilian, set out to discover the food of her husband firsthand. She haunted former convents and palaces where Palermo’s libraries have been maintained. She tested each ancient recipe herself and updated the methods, providing clear and easy-to-follow directions. The book reflects the unique culture of Sicily, both the external influences...
Bitter Almonds
At the age of eleven, the daughter of a Sicilian sharecropper, Maria Grammatico, entered the San Carlo Institute in the mountaintop town of Erice, an orphanage run by nuns who were famous throughout Sicily for their almond pastries, but who were less adept at dealing with young girls. After ten years of hard work and harsh discipline, Maria emerged with the secrets of the nuns’ pastries hidden inside her head. This is the story of her carefree country childhood—her Dickensian life in the orphanage with no heat, no running water, and only wood-burning ovens—and her triumphs as an entrepreneur and a world-famous pastry chef. Bitter Almonds includes 46 of the recipes that she ‘stole’ from the nuns, committed to writing for the first time in these pages.
Travels with a Medieval Queen
Living in the second half of the twelfth century, Princess Constance of Hauteville was both witness and protagonist in what could be considered the most exciting period in medieval history. There had been a remarkable growth in the population and in the economy of western Europe and a consequent expansion of cities and commerce. With the support of the secular rulers and the Church, Knighthood had been institutionalised and the Courtly Love school of poetry was born. In 1185, the 32 year old Constance of Sicily, a princess with the most magnificent dowry Europe has ever seen, was betrothed to the 21 year old Henry, cold-hearted son of the great German Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa. Eight yea...
Sicilian Summer
Part memoir, part family recipe collection, part delightful photographic record of an extraordinary experience, "Sicilian Summer" is also a meditation on the role food can play within the family in bonding, creating memories, and consolidating tradition and identity.
Pomp and Sustenance
This celebrated cookbook is a wonderful combination of history and recipes. Sicily is rich not only in fresh produce, meats, and seafood, but also in culinary tradition and history; its story goes back to the days of the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Norman invaders. Fascinating narrative and delicious recipes wrapped into one truly special book.
On Persephone's Island
An American woman residing in Sicily for the past twenty years portrays the Sicilian landscape and customs—both rural and urban—from the perspectives of both a “foreigner” and a resident.
The Garlands of the Gods
A beautifully illustrated guide to Sicily's spectacular wild flowers and their historical, literary and mythological associations, this volume is sure to be of interest to travelers, flower lovers and all those who appreciate fine botanical art.
The Dangerously Truthful Diary of a Sicilian Housewife
When career-girl Veronica flies to Sicily for a friend's wedding, she accidentally falls in love with one of the groom's three-hundred cousins. A year later she has given up her job, house and friends, and is planning her own wedding with her Latin Lover in the shimmering heat of Sicily.
Pomp and Sustenance
The celebrated cookbook is a wonderful combination of history and recipes. Sicily is rich not only in fresh produce, meats, and seafood, but also in culinary tradition and history; its story goes back to the days of the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Norman invaders. Fascinating narrative and delicious recipes wrapped into one truly special book.
