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Lädt ... Bitter Almonds: Recollections and Recipes from a Sicilian Girlhood (1994)von Maria Grammatico, Mary Taylor Simeti
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.   AbneyLibri | Sep 15, 2023 |  In this place, she learnt the secrets of the sweets that were prepared for the numerous religious festivals. They would rise before dawn to begin the day’s work and spend hours each day beating a rolling the sugar and almond mix to make the exquisite pastries. These would be sold to the general public through a small grille in the wall of San Carlo. The skills that she learnt whilst there were to stand her in good stead when she emerged at the age of 22. She set up her own shop selling these pastries as well as cakes, biscotti and lots of other sweet delights. The reputation of the pasticceria grew and people flocked to buy the wares. Mary Taylor Simeti was one of those customers and as they became friends she realised that Maria Grammatico had a unique story to tell She has a hard but simple life and this is an insight into a Sicily that was long gone. As a plus, half of the book is a wonderful collection of recipes too which made me very hungry reading them. I am off to Sicily soon and whilst we might not make it here, I am hoping to try some of the wonderful things found in a pasticceria. (  ) PDCRead | Apr 6, 2020 | ) LauGal | Aug 16, 2016 | Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
BITTER ALMONDS is the true story of a woman's extraordinary courage, and a gift from the past of an almost-lost tradition.In the early 1950s, Maria Grammatico and her sister were sent by their impoverished mother to the San Carlo, a cloistered orphanage in Erice, an ancient hill town on the western coast of Sicily. It was a Dickensian existence - beating sugar mixtures for six hours at a time, rising before dawn to prime the ovens, and surviving on an unrelenting diet of vegetable gruel. But it was here that Maria learned to make the beautifully handcrafted pastries that were sold to customers from behind a grille in the convent wall.At 22, Maria left the orphanage with no personal possessions, minimal schooling and no skills other than what she carried in her head and hands - the knowledge acquired during a childhood spent preparing delicacies for other people's celebrations.Today, she is the successful owner of her own paticceria in Erice, a mecca for travellers the world over. Her counters are piled high with home-made biscotti, tarts, cakes, and jams - Torta Divina, Cassata Siciliana, Cotognata. A frequent customer, Mary became first friend and then chronicler of Maria's moving story.BITTER ALMONDS is a remarkable memoir, a tribute to Sicilian food and culture, and the record of an historic and vanishing craft. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)641.6455Technology Home and family management Food And Drink Cooking specific materials Orchards, fruit, forestry Nuts AlmondsKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (3.77)
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