![]() ![]() They forage for spring greens and truffles and harvest eggs from under chickens. We follow them when they harvest grapes for wine as well as figs, olives and chestnuts. They become especially close to Floriana and old Barlozzo, who regales them with tales of the past of instructions on how to bake, build an outdoor oven, gather and forage and who imparts much of his wisdom. On the day they move in, the villagers gather around, and help them clean and unpack then there is an impromptu potluck party in the piazza around the town bar, with fired zucchini blossoms as the main feature. Her children are grown and settled now they are on their own grand adventure. ![]() Fernando has given up his job in a Venetian bank and they will be living on their small savings and Marlena's earnings for her writing. This begins with the arrival of American food writer Marlena, and her Venetian husband Fernando, in the small Tuscan village of San Casciano de Bagni, where they rent an ancient farmhouse, with no telephone, central heat, or television. Marlena de Blasi follows up her Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance, with her newest book, A Thousand Days in Tuscany. ![]() Reviewed by Kathy Perschmann, Chanhassen (MN.) Librarian ![]()
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