books by Marlena de Blasi

books by Marlena de Blasi

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Marlena de Blasi

The Lady in the Palazzo: An Umbrian Love Story

Marlena de Blasi

Algonquin Books, 2008

Fantastico!
The book is like a delicious dessert, you read it slowly, loving every chapter, never wanting it to end.

A Thousand Days in Venice (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

Marlena De Blasi

Ballantine Books, 2003

Oh, to live there. . .
This is the sort of romantic story you expect in the movies, not real life. To find your great love, almost by accident, in Venice, while walking through Piazza San Marco, seems impossible and yet that's exactly what happened to the author. Sharing this lovely story ...

Regional Foods of Northern Italy: Recipes and Remembrances

Marlena De Blasi

Prima Lifestyles, 1997

DESERVES TO BE IN THE KITCHEN OF EVERY SERIOUS COOK
As I write this review, the book is out-of-stock. I want to share this book with everyone, so I am hoping that my review will change things around. First of all, the recipes in this book are complex -- but -- there are books that are much more challenging. Haute ...

A Taste of Southern Italy: Delicious Recipes and a Dash of Culture

Marlena De Blasi

Ballantine Books, 2006

A delicious read. Buy It!
`A Taste of Southern Italy - Delicious Recipes and a Dash of Culture' by Marlena De Blasi, who has done a similar book for northern Italy and several volumes of memoirs, is not your usual study of a regional cuisine. It is certainly not the usual study of an Italian ...

The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria

Marlena De Blasi

Tantor Media, 2007

The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria
Interesting background of Italian Life in Umbria but very thin story line. Well read on the CD

That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story

Marlena De Blasi

Ballantine Books, 2008

Something New from my Favorite Serial Memoirist
That Summer in Sicily is the fourth Marlena de Blasi book I have read. When I picked up the first one, A Thousand Days in Venice, I didn't take to it right away. I am a Texan who writes exactly the way I speak, and I am irritated by flowery prose. However, I am also a ...

The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria

Marlena de Blasi

Algonquin Books, 2006

A Wonderful Book!
Marlena de Blasi's writing just gets better and better. I loved her first two books but found this latest one the best yet. Marlena's beautiful soul really shines through in her uncontrollable need to befriend, nurture and "feed" people in her new home. Francisco ...

A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Romance

Marlena de Blasi

Virago Press Ltd, 2005

A foodie memoir/travelogue
This is a mouth-watering book for those who enjoy really good foodwriting. de Blasi is a food writer and critic who moved to Italy and has set up her own food business there with her husband. This book was originally titled Dolce e Salata - sweet and salty - which i ...

Regional Foods of Southern Italy

Marlena de Blasi

Viking Adult, 1999

MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN AN ITALIAN COOKBOOK!
What a wonderful book! The stories associated with the recipes are just amazing. Especially the story of Elisabetta, the seventy year old restaurateur--who began her career at the age of sixty-one--that told the author she has just come into her stride. The Polenta ...

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 ...