Book Details
Title: Vanilla Beans & Brodo; Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany
Author: Isabella Dusi
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Year: 2001
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 456
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0-7432-0935-4
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The cover is intact with shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. A little curling at corners. Superficial scuffing.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean, apart from a couple of smudges and one ink line.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact. Faint yellowing to margins, a couple of spots/marks here and there.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Isabella Dusi sold everything she owned to travel halfway around the world to Italy and settle in Montalcino, a beautiful mountain eyrie famous for its wine and the proud nature of its inhabitants. Her acceptance into this close-knit community was hard-won and inspired Isabella to capture the true spirit of this medieval village. 'Vanilla Beans & Brado' tells of the tempestuous and bloody history of Montalcino and offers a rare insight into the anxiety, joy, fun and intensity of village life.
Isabella takes the reader through the seasons as they unfold in the village, showing the changes that only someone who knows and loves Montalcino would recognise. The story weaves a path around the growing of the splendid Brunello di Montalcino, uniting the exquisite wine and deliciously simple Tuscan cuisine as the bedrock of every event in village life.
Evocative and moving, this often humorous story of neighbourhood rivalries, festival pageantry and the simple rituals of daily life will change forever the cliched image of Tuscany, and bring real understanding of the fierce passion of today's Tuscans for their ancient village and their way of life.
After many years working in Australia in interior design, Isabella Dusi decided to move to Italy with her husband Luigi. Based permanently in Montalcino, they now work in the travel business. This is Isabella's first book."
Book Details
Title: Vanilla Beans & Brodo; Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany
Author: Isabella Dusi
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Year: 2001
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 456
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0-7432-0935-4
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The cover is intact with shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. A little curling at corners. Superficial scuffing.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean, apart from a couple of smudges and one ink line.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact. Faint yellowing to margins, a couple of spots/marks here and there.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Isabella Dusi sold everything she owned to travel halfway around the world to Italy and settle in Montalcino, a beautiful mountain eyrie famous for its wine and the proud nature of its inhabitants. Her acceptance into this close-knit community was hard-won and inspired Isabella to capture the true spirit of this medieval village. 'Vanilla Beans & Brado' tells of the tempestuous and bloody history of Montalcino and offers a rare insight into the anxiety, joy, fun and intensity of village life.
Isabella takes the reader through the seasons as they unfold in the village, showing the changes that only someone who knows and loves Montalcino would recognise. The story weaves a path around the growing of the splendid Brunello di Montalcino, uniting the exquisite wine and deliciously simple Tuscan cuisine as the bedrock of every event in village life.
Evocative and moving, this often humorous story of neighbourhood rivalries, festival pageantry and the simple rituals of daily life will change forever the cliched image of Tuscany, and bring real understanding of the fierce passion of today's Tuscans for their ancient village and their way of life.
After many years working in Australia in interior design, Isabella Dusi decided to move to Italy with her husband Luigi. Based permanently in Montalcino, they now work in the travel business. This is Isabella's first book."
