books about: tuscany

books about: tuscany

books:

Tuscany

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting ...

Bill Buford

Vintage, 2007

Apprentice of apprentices
Anyone who has ever worked at a continental-style restaurant should read this book. I picked up "Heat" in the interests of reliving my experiences in two continental restaurants, run by two totally different-in-temperament chefs, one Austrian, one Swiss. Neither one ...

Florence and Tuscany (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

DK Publishing

DK Travel, 2006

Only wish I'd had more time
Yeah, doesn't everyone? There is so much in this book outside of Florence and I really wanted to make the trek into the Tuscan hills around the city, especially to Pisa and Siena. But alas, I was trapped in Florence...and what a prison it was! Everyone should find ...

The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany (Most Beautiful Villages)

James Bentley

Thames & Hudson, 1997

Tuscany
Great service and beautiful pictures of Tuscany but somewhat dissapointed at the lack of an organized route map for efficient traveling to the various villages.

Rick Steves' Florence and Tuscany 2009 (Rick Steves)

Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw

Avalon Travel Publishing, 2008

Great giude for the traveler. Not a museum guidebook.
This book does not have pretty pictures or in-depth historical information about the sights, but there are plenty of books that do that. This book's strength is that it makes your trip easy, painless and enjoyable. In my recent trip to Florence (June 26-29) I did ...

A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure

Marlena De Blasi

Ballantine Books, 2005

From Venice to Tuscany
Left wanting more from Ms. DeBlasi's previous book, I moved with her from Venice to Tuscany and never wanted to leave. The prose in these books is as sumptuous as the life seems to be--rich in detail, rich in emotion and rich in love for the place, the people and the ...

Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy

Frances Mayes

Broadway, 2003

Under the Tuscan Sun
ISBN 0767900383 - As a fan of lists, I'm always curious about books that make bestseller lists. I rarely read them, but I'm always curious. This was the case with Under the Tuscan Sun until a rather beat-up, unsellable copy fell into my hands. My curiosity, but ...

Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy

Frances Mayes

Broadway, 2000

Bella Tuscany
I had re-read Under the Tuscan sun, I love Frances Mayes style of writting and I love I Italy, I could litterly see it in her writing and when I did see actual pictures it was as I imagined love the book and will re-read it to at some time, have gotten her other 2 ...

Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy

Frances Mayes, Edward Mayes

Broadway, 2004

Visually inspiring...
Mayes's poetic assemblage of words, captures your attention from the moment you open this book. Accompanied with luscious visualization, her words even further embrace the art of Italian living. The colors and textures of the country melt upon the pages of this book, ...

Nicholas: The Lords of Satyr

Elizabeth Amber

Aphrodisia, 2007

From J. Kaye's Book Blog
I saw this cover on MySpace. Do I need to say more? On the front cover of NICHOLAS: THE LORDS OF SATYR, it has "Highly erotic..." The back comes with a warning label. What more did I need? So imagine my surprise when it took forever to get to the "sexually explicit" ...

The Last Promise

Richard Paul Evans, 2002

Great Romance Novel
This is the first Richard Paul Evans book I have read and I loved it. I am not a big romance book person but I could not put it down and have read it three times in the past year. You can actually feel the pain the Eliana is going through. It also has good morals and ...

Vanilla Beans & Brodo: Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany

Isabella Dusi

Simon & Schuster UK, 2002

Quite enjoyable reading.
If you love all things Italian, you'll enjoy reading Isabella Dusi's "Vanilla Beans & Brodo". You will feel what it's like to live in a hill town in Tuscany. Isabella intersperses her everyday life in Motalcino with a little history of the area. It made me to want ...

The Food Lover's Guide to Florence: With Culinary Excursions in Tuscany

Emily Wise Miller

Ten Speed Press, 2007

AMAZING!
You cannot go to Florence without this book! I was in Florence for five days and I wore this book out; I ate exclusively at places from this book and have never had a better culinary experience in Florence! Emily Wise-Miller takes you to the hidden gems and ...

Private Tuscany

Elizabeth Helman Minchilli

Rizzoli International Publications, 1999

Great addition to my references
I am an Interior Designer and I am always searching for new references and inspiration. This is a beautiful book

Nicky Epstein Knitting in Tuscany
Nicky Epstein

Nicky Epstein Books, 2009

A Vineyard in Tuscany: A Wine Lover's Dream

Ferenc Mate

Albatross, 2007

Funny, descriptive and entertaining
Ferenc Mate's second book on Italy (buy the first one "Hills of Tuscany" also, they are distinctly a matched set to be enjoyed one after the other) is, if possible, even better than the first one. He had a wonderful understanding of Italian culture and is able to ...