Originally published: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1996. Excerpts from this book appeared in the New York Times, Ploughshares, and House beautiful.
Summary:
A chronicle of the author's first four years in Italy, describing her purchase and restoration of an abandoned villa in the Tuscan countryside, her transformation of the overgrown gardens, and her discovery of the many links between the food and culture of the region.
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