Mary Taylor Simeti: 4 books
Sicilian Summer
An Adventure in Cooking with my Grandsons
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Join Mary Taylor Simeti as she and her four grandsons cook their favorite summer dishes and prepare a birthday dinner for their grandfather. The author of the highly acclaimed *On Persephone’s Island *welcomes us once again to the Simeti farm in western Sicily, and to the dinner table where three...
Sicilian Food
Recipes from Italy's Abundant Isle
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2009
The definitive guide to Sicilian cooking filled with authentic, hard-to-find recipes from this sun-drenched island.
Gleaned from the author’s friends, family, and acquaintances on the island of Sicily, Sicilian Food is a delicious journey through the food, traditions, and recipes of this...
On Persephone's Island
A Sicilian Journal
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
An American woman residing in Sicily for the past twenty years portrays the Sicilian landscape and customs--both rural and urban--from the perspectives of both a "foreigner" and a resident.
Bitter Almonds
Recollections and Recipes from a Sicilian Girlhood
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
At the age of eleven, the daughter of a Sicilian sharecropper, Maria Grammatico, entered the San Carlo Institute in the mountaintop town of Erice, an orphanage run by nuns who were famous throughout Sicily for their almond pastries, but who were less adept at dealing with young girls. After ten years...