Promotional Information

* Author PR activity to include down-the-line media interviews and features * Review and feature coverage anticipated across the national press and women's magazines * Radio reading likely * Submitted for trade promotions * Books for Cooks event with recipes cooked by the author

About the Author

Marlena de Blasi has been a chef, a journalist, a food and wine consultant and a restaurant critic. The author of two cookbooks, one of which won the James Beard Award, she now directs gastronomic tours through Tuscany and Umbria.

Reviews

'De Blasi's glittering descriptions and mouthwatering recipes take you directly into the heart of Italy and into the souls of the Italian people' Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia 'Filled with warmth and the rich and simple drama of a beautiful life. The evocation of country dishes is mouthwatering, the lyrical beauty irresistible' Susan Herrmann Loomis, author of On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town A love poem to de Blasi's professional life as a chef' USA Today 'This memoir of the seasons in a small Tuscan village is rich with food, weather, romance, and, above all, life ... [de Blasi] immerses her readers in life's poignancy, brevity, and wonder' Publishers Weekly