TWENTY STORIES, EIGHTY-FIVE RECIPES FROM TEN COUNTRIES

INTRODUCTION

  1.  A STORY OF FAMILY FOLKLORE: HOW THE SFORZAS FOUGHT FOR MILAN

  2.  MY RUSSIAN ANCESTRESS, VALENTINA

  3.  ROSE AT CLARIDGE’S HAVING TEA

  4.  LILI AND THE PRINCE OF MONTENEGRO

  5.  TURKISH DELIGHT – THE LOVE STORY OF VALENTINE AND CARLO

  6.  FIAMMETTA NEVER GOT THE HANG OF USING CHOPSTICKS

  7.  FASCISM AND PARISIAN CUISINE WITH CARLO

  8.  THE TALE OF MOTHER SUPERIOR AND NANNY MISCHA

  9.  ESCAPE TO BELGIUM AND THE COMFORTS OF LE GRAND PIN

10.  EXILE ON CAPE COD AND TEA WITH ELEANOR

11.  MONTIGNOSO UNDER GERMAN OCCUPATION

12.  THE RETURN TO ITALY VIA THE SPICE-SCENTED PORT OF CASABLANCA

13.  MAMMA AND DAD: THEIR SCANDALOUS MARRIAGE

14.  BEPPINO, THE MASTER OF RISOTTO

15.  THE DOGS ARE BARKING AT THE MILKMAN, MARIETTO

16.  SUMMER NIGHTS AT THE CINEMA ROMANINA

17.  AT SCHOOL WITH LA SIGNORA LEONORA

18.  ITALIA THE COOK (AND HER SISTER AMERICA)

19.  LA MIA DOLCE VITA: EATING CAKES ON VIA VENETO

20.  IL PINO: MY FIRST RESTAURANT

THE CHARACTERS

 

 

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Me, aged 3, at La Tambura.