Chocolate cake makes sweet dreams come true.In a real-life fairy tale, author Sheryl Ness shares how she fell in love with Vincenzo, a chef in a quaint Tuscan kitchen, over his decadent hot chocolate cake. This enchanting memoir will transport you to the cobblestone streets, lush hillsides dotted with grapevines and olive trees, and unique characters that create the backdrop for Sheryl¿s Italian … Italian love story.Love in a Tuscan Kitchen is sprinkled with traditional recipes she collected along the way and flavored with rich accounts of how her dreams were fulfilled many times over while living in a picturesque village in Chianti.Raise a toast and taste pure joy as Sheryl opens her heart to love, and in turn finds herself on a remarkable journey of discovery through the people, traditions, and customs of Italy as the blond Americana fell in love with the chef with twinkling eyes.
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A thoroughly enjoyable and tasty read. This is a love story, a travelogue and recipe book all rolled into one.
Sheryl ‘s love for Tuscany, the people, the surrounding areas and the food shine through on every page of this well written memoir.
“Love in a Tuscan Kitchen” is a joyful antidote for these challenging times. The author is inspired to travel to Italy on a hiking holiday with a friend, and falls in love with Tuscany and its people. She returns again and again, determined to spend more time in the little village of San Gusme, located near Siena.
Destined to meet her husband Vincenzo, a talented chef who makes a great chocolate cake, their love faces many challenges, not least the distance from Sheryl’s home in Minnesota. However, they eventually marry as per the title.
I really enjoyed the authors descriptions of the countryside and its people, the delicious food and the carefully written recipes that she shares with her readers.
The photographs are an added delight, strengthening the connection with her characters.
I shall be cooking more than a few of her recipes.
Italy, Italian-customs, cultural-exploration, culture-shock, romantic, Minnesota, family, friendship
What wonderful memories! From a career in nursing (eventually earning a doctorate) to the beauty of Tuscan Italy, Sheryl has experienced wonderful things and even found the loves of her life. And even married the one who is not a place. Her journey was uplifting and fascinating (even when read via TTS app)! I loved it! Even better than Commissario Montalbano!
I won my free ebook copy in a Goodreads Giveaway, but need to buy a print copy for a friend.
The Author, who is from Minnesota, decided to take a trip to Tuscany with a friend and falls in love with Italy. Later she had the opportunity to work for a friend in the travel business, and moves back to Tuscany to the small town of San Gusme, not too far from Siena. Here Sheryl helps her friend with her travel business and also takes care of her friends daughters when needed. She falls in love with this quaint little town and its people and eventually with a local chef Vincenzo Giangiordano. This book was beautifully written with wonderful description of the local people and the goings on in the town of San Gusme. She is known as the “Americana” but once she has mastered the language a bit more and after she marries her Chef, they call her “The chef’s wife.” everyone has a label.
It was a lot of fun to see how she assimilates into the culture of Italy. To see how she makes friends, who along with her, go on hikes, or travel to the near by towns and soak in the beauty of the area.
She has some wonderful adventures and some crazy experiences with Vincenzo’s family, Lots of family members, lots of food and good times. At first she had to get used to the family dynamics, which were often different to what she was used to, but she ends up loving the whole crazy atmosphere.
This book is full of mouth watering recipes, if you like to cook. This is a story well worth reading, as she gives us a fun look at what it would be like to live in that area of the world.
I would like to thank NetGalley and Concierge Marketing Inc. for the ARC of this book