Author: Ferenc Mate
Stars: 3
Review by: Little Red Hen
Destination: Tuscany, Italy
If I can't go there, I read there. I have been immersed in Italy and am a true pushover for these stories about finding ancient farmhouses and restoring them. In some ways I liked this author's experiences, his memories more than Frances Mayles. She comes at it from a privileged southern childhood that she remembers too frequently. Mate and his wife, Candace are also an artistic duo, he a writer, she, an artist, but this pair is more palatable than Frances and Ed. This memoir has references to Etruscan history, everyday life in a small Italian village and of course, gastronomic descriptions that made me hungry.
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