A House Party in Tuscany: Recipes, Stories and Art From Arniano

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And it is here that she established The Arniano Painting School, a residential painting course and immersive art and food experience. Showcasing inviting and lush photography of the farmhouse’s interiors and exteriors alongside mouthwatering images of simple and flavorful dishes, A House Party in Tuscany collects recipes from 30 years of cooking and hosting at Arniano, exemplifying fundamental principles of Italian home cooking. The three stars reflect the high quality of the book and the basic untruth of the description of the book’s condition. As these charges are the responsibility of the recipient, please check the customs service in your destination country to see if charges are applicable. From breakfast, alongside some of the attendees, who were talking books with each other a mile a minute, to the public event at The Sheldonian where everyone was lively and engaged – I felt I had arrived in a kind of literary heaven.

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In spring, artichokes appear in a béchamel pie as well as a quick rocket salad covered in parmesan shavings, while summer dishes skew simple: there’s a soup of basil-infused tomato water, trofie pasta with pesto, and a salad of crisp apple slices with mint and grated dark chocolate. I bought this beautiful book for myself, and it immediately became my gift of choice for friends and colleagues. As I look through the recipes and think about the common thread that binds them, I realise that they all exemplify a fundamental principle of Italian home cooking. This beautifully designed book is a the perfect combination of aspirational life style and practical entertaining information. Guinness grew up at the Arniano farmhouse and established the painting school there in 2014 with her friend and painter William Roper-Curzon.

Which is that simplicity - and keeping ingredients as close to their original form as possible - leads to the most delicious and rewarding food. Filled with recipes for classic dishes and cocktails, feast curation, seasonal menu suggestions and notes on an Italian pantry and wines, A House Party in Tuscany will transport you to the Tuscan countryside and bring the conviviality of Arniano to your table. Upon initially paging through this book, you may wonder where the recipes are - as a bulk of the beginning is dedicated to all manner of (recipe-less) text - educating the reader on the culture, region, history of Tuscany as well as musings on art?

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Set on a hillside not far from Florence is Arniano, a gorgeous 18th-century farmhouse and the childhood home of author and home cook Amber Guinness. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance.To step into the world of Arniano is to plunge, very comfortably into a realised dream of Tuscan living.

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These changes bring with them new moods and shadows, drawing our painters to different views and areas of the garden throughout the day. For those who love pecorino, there is an essay on it, as are there ones on artichokes and olio nuovo, not to mention a joyous spread on white truffles and a recipe for handmade tagliolini with white truffles. I would not consider this damage as ‘good’ (to me that’s one or two slightly ripped pages or a scuff or tear on the front.And that is the best thing about this book, is that it makes you dream and want to pore over it ad infinitum.

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We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there?Rather, it is about bringing out the best in what you are cooking, through patience, constant tasting and the development of flavour - sometimes using nothing but some olive oil and salt. Which is that simplicity – and keeping ingredients as close to their original form as possible – leads to the most delicious and rewarding food.