In Tuscany From the bestselling author whose memoirs Under the Sun and Bella Tuscany have captured the voluptuousness of Italian life comes a lavishly illustrated ode to the joys of Tuscany s people food lands
From the bestselling author whose memoirs Under the Sun and Bella Tuscany have captured the voluptuousness of Italian life comes a lavishly illustrated ode to the joys of Tuscany s people, food, landscapes, and art In Tuscany celebrates the abundant pleasures of life in Italy as it is lived at home, at festivals, feasts, restaurants and markets, in the kitchen and on theFrom the bestselling author whose memoirs Under the Sun and Bella Tuscany have captured the voluptuousness of Italian life comes a lavishly illustrated ode to the joys of Tuscany s people, food, landscapes, and art In Tuscany celebrates the abundant pleasures of life in Italy as it is lived at home, at festivals, feasts, restaurants and markets, in the kitchen and on the piazza, in the vineyards, fields, and olive groves Combining all new essays by Frances Mayes and a chapter by her husband, poet Edward Mayes, with than 200 full color photos by photographer Bob Krist, each of this book s five sections highlights a signature aspect of Tuscan life La Piazza the locus of Italian village life With photgraphs of the shop signs, the outdoor markets, medieval streets, people, their pets and their cars, and snippets of conversations overheard, Mayes reveals the life of the Piazza in her town of Cortona as well as out of the way places such as Volterra, Asciano, Monte San Savino, and Castelmuzio.La Festa the celebration Essays and photos of feasts and celebrations, such as the Christmas dinner for twenty seven at a neighbor s house and a donkey race around the church at Montepulciano Stazione, illustrate how the Tuscans celebrate the seasons their open ways of friendship, their connection to nature, and most of all, their sense of abundance.Il Campo the field Here Edward Mayes evokes the deep sense of the shift o
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