The true story of the Umbrian Thursday night supper club - and the five extraordinary women who meet in the hills above Italy's Orvieto to cook, eat and tell the stories of their incredible lives.
Marlena de Blasi is the internationally bestselling author of A Thousand Days in Venice, as well as four further bestselling memoirs and a novel, Amandine. She has been a chef, a journalist, a food and wine consultant and a restaurant critic. She is also the author of two internationally published cookbooks of Italian food. She and her Venetian husband, Fernando, live in Orvieto in Umbria, Italy.
If you loved Under the Tuscan Sun, you’ll love this. Great stories
of ageing, abandonment, lost loves and Mafia feuds, interspersed
with wonderful recipes for authentic dishes
*Red Magazine*
Celebrates the life-affirming joys of food and friendship...
Marlena de Blasi recounts meals she and four Italian neighbours
cook together every week and the stories they share about their
lives and loves.
*Good Housekeeping*
Charming... astonishingly rich... Marlena De Blasi writes about the
food with mouthwatering relish... Best of all, the women tell de
Blasi the stories of their lives: stories that between them make
for a terrific piece of social history
*Reader's Digest*
Marlena de Blasi knows how to write real-life romance... Each
woman's passions, disappointments and hopes are artfully recounted
in this earthy celebration of life's "small delights"
*Sydney Morning Herald*
Marlena De Blasi’s glittering descriptions and mouthwatering
recipes take you directly into the heart of Italy and into the
souls of the Italian people.
*author of The Shoemaker’s Wife*
A heartwarming story of the importance of friendship … it warms the
senses and the heart – and stimulates the taste buds
*Sainsbury's Magazine*
If you are keen on simple authentic dishes Marlena’s book is for
you. Remember no Italian meal is served without a simple pasta dish
to start to assuage the appetite and here are recipes galore.
*Frost Magazine*
A ray of sunshine … a glimpse into the heart of Italy … What could
be nicer
*The Northern Echo*
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