Bitter Almonds: Recollections & Recipes from a Sicilian Girlhood
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (740 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688124496 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 8 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly Bitter almonds lend depth of flavor to the buttery cookie doughs prepared by nuns in the south of Italy. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. . As researched by Mary Taylor Simeti, author of several books on Sicily, the reminiscences of hardships endured during Grammatico's girlhood, spent as an orphan in a Sicilian cloister, give poignancy to the uncomplicated, sweet pastries that make up her life's work now. Recent voyagers to the south of Italy may find themselves feeling slightly homesick for the simpler meals-and simpler lifestyle-evoked by Grammatico. But those who savor fine pastry and Ita
35,000 first printing. 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. $25,000 ad/promo.
"Bitter AlmondsSweet Read" according to Anthony W. Peraino. To sit in Maria Grammatico's world-famous pastry shop in stunningly beautiful Erice, on the top of a mountain in northwest Sicily, having a caffe and eating her delicious Genovesi, is to be a little nearer to heavenfiguratively, if not literally. Her feistiness and strength of character mitigated a rather difficult early life and made Maria int. Five Stars Very interesting especially as we will be traveling to this area of italy. Remarks from a Sicilian Girl A Customer I have just returned from Sicily where I visited Maria's shop and saw the convent where her childhood was spent. I wish I would have read the book before my visit. The smell of almond pastries led me right up the narrow street and to the pastries and candies in her shop, and they are marvelous. The convent is just a short walk up the street fro