| #606708 in Books | Prospect Books UK | 2012-10-01 | Original language:Italian | PDF # 1 | 7.00 x.50 x5.00l,.50 | File type: PDF | 152 pages | Prospect Books UK||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| I got it on a recommendation by a friend who ...|By Tami M. Hawes|I got it on a recommendation by a friend who is also in the SCA. Lovely paintings inside! Have not yet had a chance to read it and have it on loan with someone doing a research paper for Arts and Science. She is going to get her own copy because of the paintings inside as well as the information.|5 of 5 people|Language Notes|Text: English (translation)| Original Language: Italian|About the Author|
Gillian Riley has become England’s chief interpreter of the history of Italian cooking. Her Oxford Companion to Italian Food
Castelvetro takes us through the gardener’s year, listing the fruit and vegetables as they come into season, with simple and elegant ways of preparing them. Practical instructions are interspersed with tender vignettes of his life in his native city of Modena. He writes of children learning to swim in the canals of the Brenta, strapped to huge dried pumpkins to keep them afloat; Venetian ladies ogling passers-by from behind screens of verdant beanstalks; sultr...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Fruit, Herbs & Vegetables of Italy (1614) | Gillian Riley.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
