DE BLASI, Marlena Dolce e salata: A Bittersweet Adventure in Tuscany

[Allen and Unwin, 2004]  A fascination with the rural life of Tuscany finds Marlena and her husband Fernando living in San Casiano dei Bagni, a village of 2000 people. Tuscan born Barlozzo guides them through the seasons with stories and food lore. Of special interest...

LOOHUIZEN, Ria: On Chestnuts – The Trees and their Seeds

the horse chestnut and sweet chestnut for healing and eating [Prospect Books, 2006]  Ria Loohuizen is a literary translator, so it’s not suprising she embellishes this little paperback about chestnuts with poems and stories about Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and...

O’DONNELL, Mietta: Mietta’s Italian Family Recipes

[Black Inc., 2000]  While only containing four chestnut recipes [ chestnut mousse, chestnut tortino with zabaglione, chestnut ravioli and roast chestnut and chicken salad] the late Mietta O’Donnell describes a cosmopolitan Melbourne cultural and restaurant scene...