Immersion in the culture…that is what I loved. I imagined me walking along with her and discovering an Etruscan ruin….seeing the small churches with artwork I will never see in the United States. Some of the best parts for me were reading and visualizing her visiting a local farm and getting fresh ricotta, all the varieties of wine and her interactions with the local folks. Mayes went into sooooo much detail about the shopping trips and her opinions on the Mafia in Sicily that I felt like flipping through some of those pages…thinking, “C’mon! Let’s move on here…I want to read about Italy but….too much minutia.” That being said, I liked this book and prepared a great meal from the chapter Sicilian Menu. If I were to rate this on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being FANtatsic…I’d go with 6 ½ ….my opinion is… Under the Tuscan Sun was more fun to read. Happy Reading!īella Tuscany – The Sweet Life in Italy by Frances Mayes Thank you to Bo and Catherine for following my blog.
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