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Fiori Di Zucca: Recipes and Memories from My Family's Kitchen Table

Fiori Di Zucca: Recipes and Memories from My Family's Kitchen Table

by Valentina Harris

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Valentina has a wonderful story to tell. Her grandfather, Count Carlo Sforza, who became the Italian Ambassador, was posted to Constantinople, Peking (at the end of Imperialist China), Corfu, Rome and Paris. In 1922 he resigned in order to return to Italy to fight facism. The family suffered brutal harassment, forcing him to flee - going back to Peking and on to the US - and the family to move to Brussels, then on to France, the UK, Canada and the US for most of WW2. Finally the family returned to Italy after the war. This is where Valentina's mother met her English husband - Valentina's father. Having caused a scandal with their marriage, her mother and father were banished to Tuscany, where Valentina spent most of her childhood. Against a backdrop of different cultures and cuisines, Valentina narrates beautiful and powerful stories - along with her discovery of pure, intense happiness from cooking. Gorgeous recipes guide you through Valentina's history.

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Original Publisher
Duncan Baird Publishers
Date of publication
2013
ISBN
1848990693

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Chrissie Walker

Writer and Photographer

A charming cookbook with a personal story. Engaging and delicious