LA DOLCE VITA Isabel Coe - A Swiss-Italian Family's Passion for Chocolate

This is a used book in good, read condition: shows wear around the edges; cover looks a bit worn; pages are clean and tanning with age; plastic coating on cover is lifting in patches; price marked on bottom edge with texta. A bit worn and aged but not too bad, a solid, cheap reading copy. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: Isabel Coe's "La Dolce Vita" is a rich and engaging narrative, the story of a family expressed through their shared and continuing love of chocolate. Often remarkable anecdotes are intertwined with sumptuous chocolate recipes passed down through four generations of women. Whether it's her great grandmother Omama's nutty Weinacht Guezi or her grandmother Nonna's Crema di Castagne, her mother's rich, rum-laced Chocolate Mousse or Isabel's own extravagant Saffron-infused Mendiants with Crushed Pepper and Edible Gold Leaf, there is something in the alchemy of grating, melting, and mixing chocolate that sets it apart from all other forms of cooking. An unrivaled pleasure, "La Dolce Vita" is the perfect book to give as a gift or to keep for oneself.

Starting with tales of her grandmother's exploits in Switzerland and Florence, Isabel's animated account progresses through Europe and the Second World War right through to the present day, with the author and her young family's recent relocation to Australia. Illustrated with b/w photographs of the people, and hand-drawn sketches of the places, that provided inspiration for the original recipes, this is a charming book that will sell well in both the cookery and gift sections. Each of the mouth-watering recipes featured throughout the text is unique, either because of its unusual blend of ingredients, its historical, personal or geographical interest, or its outstanding quality.

Book Details

Code: SKU1298

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 246

Published: 2005 by Simon & Schuster

ISBN: 1416526714

Postage: $6.90

Price: AUD $6.00

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