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Bitter Almonds: Recollections & Recipes from a Sicilian Girlhood

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 | #527600 in Books |  William Morrow n Co |  1994-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.50 x6.50 x.75l, | File type: PDF | 8 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Not just for the recipes|By Susan Woodward|Yes, you can go to the pastry shop, but it is more important to read the book. Even translated into English, the voice is extraordinary. The story begins sad but unsentimental -- Maria's family is so poor they send her and one of her sisters to the nunnery where the nuns will feed her and she will work -- but has a happy ending with Ma|From Publishers Weekly|Bitter almonds lend depth of flavor to the buttery cookie doughs prepared by nuns in the south of Italy. And the bittersweet recollections of Grammatico, a renowned pastry cook and shopkeeper in Erice, Sicily, lend depth to this slender vo

Memoirs of a Sicilian woman's childhood--spent in a harsh convent where she learned to make incredible pastries--are combined with recipes, written down for the first time, for such delectable treats as biscotti, tarts, cakes, marzipan confections. 35,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Bitter Almonds: Recollections & Recipes from a Sicilian Girlhood   |  Maria Grammatico, Mary Taylor Simeti.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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