Bitter Almonds
Recollections and Recipes from a Sicilian Girlhood
$34.79
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2002
Summary
Part-memoir, part-recipe book, BITTER ALMONDS tells Maria Grammatico’s fascinating story and features 46 classic Sicilian recipes written down for the first time.
Bitter Almonds is a remarkable memoir, a tribute to Sicilian food and culture, and the record of an historic and vanishing craft. At the heart of the book are forty-six recipes of unique Sicilian specialities, written down for the first time.
In the early 1950s, Maria Grammatico and her sist…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553814651 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553814656 |
| Author: | Mary Taylor Simeti, Maria Grammatico |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2002 |
| Weight: | 169g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 14mm |
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‘The poignant story of a Sicilian woman…an astonishing account’
‘The poignant story of a Sicilian woman…an astonishing account’ * The New York Times *
About The Author
Mary Taylor Simeti
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 SICILIAN FOOD, ON PERSEPHONE’S ISLAND, TRAVELS WITH A MEDIEVAL QUEEN, 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.
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