In Tuscany Hardcover - 2000
by Frances Mayes; Bob Krist (Photographer); Edward Mayes (With)
The bestselling author of "Under the Tuscan Sun" and "Bella Tuscany" brings home the abundant pleasures of Italian life in this lavishly illustrated celebration of Tuscany and its people, food, landscape, and art. "Tuscany may have found its own bard in Frances Mayes".--"The New York Times". 150 full-color photos & illustrations.
From the jacket flap
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 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 more 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 of seasons as he picks olives before he and Frances head off to the olive oil mill and enjoy the first bruscette with new oil.
La Cucina--the kitchen. An intimate view of the all-important role of the kitchen in Tuscan culture, including photographs of herown kitchen and gardens, menus from great local cooks, the elements of the Tuscan table, dishes with cultural and culinary notes on each, and, of course, delectable recipes. La Bellezza--the beauty. From the quality of the light falling on sublime landscapes in different seasons and Tuscan faces in moments of laughter to a silhouette of cypress trees in the early evening and a wild bird perched on a neigbor's head, In Tuscany features views of beauty that reveal the singular splendor of one of the world's best-loved and most artistic regions.
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- Title In Tuscany
- Author Frances Mayes; Bob Krist (Photographer); Edward Mayes (With)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY), New York
- Date 2000-10-31
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780767905350 / 0767905350
- Weight 2.73 lbs (1.24 kg)
- Dimensions 10.23 x 8.28 x 1.05 in (25.98 x 21.03 x 2.67 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Library of Congress subjects Tuscany (Italy) - Description and travel, Tuscany (Italy) - Social life and customs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00036037
- Dewey Decimal Code 945.5
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 11/15/2000, Page 594
- Entertainment Weekly, 12/08/2000, Page 88
- Library Journal, 06/01/2000, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 06/01/2000, Page 100
- New York Times, 01/07/2001, Page 19
- Publishers Weekly, 09/22/2000, Page 0
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