Tuscan Year

by E.Romer (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1998

  $17.01

  The Tuscan Year recounts the daily life and food preparation of a family living on a farm in Tuscany. Elizabeth Romer chronicles each season's activities month by month: curing prosciutto and making salame in January, planting and cheesemaking in March, harvesting and threshing corn in July, hunting for wild muchrooms in September, and grape crushing in Ocober. Scattered throughout this lovely calendar are recipes--fresh bread and olive oil, grilled mushrooms, broad beans with ham, trout with fresh tomatoes and basil, chicken grilled with fresh sage and garlic, and apples baked with butter, sugar, and lemon peel, among many others. Alive with the rhythms of country tradition, The Tuscan Year is a treasure for the armchair traveler as well as the cook.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $3.27

  Now reissued, this book reveals the secrets of a great tradition of good eating. The Cerotti family farm one section of a Tuscan valley where they live by customs handed down from generation to generation, governed by the ancient rhythms of the seasons. Here, at the kitchen hearth, meals are prepared with fresh and simple ingredients. The delicious cheeses, hams and wines of the region are described, as well as the natural produce of the countryside - the wild game, mushrooms, chestnuts, woodland herbs and edible flowers. Presenting dozens of recipes which can be prepared in any kitchen, this book reveals an ancient cuisine and a timeless way of life.