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Casa Margherita Cookbook: CUOCO – Recipes Inspired by Umbria’s Larder
Adrian Henry’s Casa Margherita Cookbook: Cuoco – Recipes Inspired by Umbria’s Larder is a beautiful homage to the culinary traditions of Italy’s Green Heart, Umbria.
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When in Rome by Nicky Pellegrino
When in Rome by Nicky Pellegrino takes us to the Eternal City in the 1950s and into the life of Serafina, a young girl trying to carve a different path for herself than the one her mother has in mind for her. Through sheer luck, Serafina finds herself working for Mario Lanza, a famous Italian-American tenor and movie star of that era.
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The Dalai Lama’s Cat by David Michie
Despite its deep topics, this book is an easy, enjoyable read; it reminds me a lot of Paolo Coelho’s The Alchemist in that you can either fly through this for the story or stop at every page and think on what you’ve just read for hours, days, weeks, months, or years. I highly, highly recommend this book to anyone who loves cats, is interested in learning more about mindfulness and other Buddhist principles, or who simply wants a great read.
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Mezza Italiana by Zoe Boccabella
Mezza Italiana by Zoë Boccabella recounts the author’s return to her ancestral town in Abruzzo, where she begins to reconcile the two halves of herself, Australian and Italian.
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Verdure: Simple Recipes in the Italian Style by Gioietta Vitale
Verdure: Simple Recipes in the Italian Style by Gioietta Vitale pays homage to the simplicity of authentic Italian cuisine using the freshest of ingredients, in this case vegetables, with one hundred easy, delicious recipes.
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Michelle Kaminsky is an American attorney-turned-freelance writer who lived in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, Italy for 15 years. This blog is now archived.
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