A House Party in Tuscany: Recipes, Stories and Art From Arniano

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There was a whole chapter on “Menu Writing and Curation” which maybe would’ve been fine if the rest of the book wasn’t glamour shots of the author. Art meets food in this celebratory story of family and friends in Tuscany at the Arniano Painting School. It was a day of piercing cold and as I walked through the twilight from the Sheldonian to Christ Church, the streets were empty and the whole city was shutting itself away. I bought this beautiful book for myself, and it immediately became my gift of choice for friends and colleagues. Set on a hillside not far from Florence is Arniano, a gorgeous 18th-century farmhouse and the childhood home of author and home cook Amber Guinness.

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But, ultimately, Amber Guinness has delivered a sensational first book that doubles as a love letter to Tuscan food, people and art amongst the folds of this unforgettable landscape. A stimulating and rewarding on-stage conversation; a lively informed and tolerant audience; privileged access to the great treasures of the Bodleian, and finally, wonderfully interesting dinner companions to help me conclude the best day I have enjoyed at any festival – anywhere. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. This is why the Arniano Painting School has been a runaway success, which Amber runs with her friend the artist Will Roper Curzon - there’s also a glorious chapter on oil painting there for good measure, too.It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. With essential ingredients for an Italian pantry; feast curation; menu suggestions for every season; notes on Italian wines; day trips from Arniano; tricks and rules for cooking that can be applied to any lunch or dinner party, whatever the season; guidelines to seemingly effortless cooking and hosting, this is a book to make everyone feel welcome. We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from.

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We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. Arniano is also home to The Arniano Painting School, which Guinness established with friend and artist William Roper Curzon. In 2014, she co founded the Arniano Painting School, with her friend, the artist William Roper-Curzon.From breakfast, alongside some of the attendees, who were talking books with each other a mile a minute, to the public event at The Sheldonian where everyone was lively and engaged – I felt I had arrived in a kind of literary heaven. The week-long courses are designed to emulate the glamorous house parties her parents hosted in the 1980s and 1990s. And that is the best thing about this book, is that it makes you dream and want to pore over it ad infinitum. Early in the morning, there is an extraordinary mist that sits in the valley and interweaves through the hills, allowing just the tops to show above the smoky clouds. By the evening, everything has altered again, and there are often intense sunsets, bringing silhouettes from the trees and much darker, richer, olive colours.

A House Party in Tuscany: Recipes, Stories and Art From Arniano A House Party in Tuscany: Recipes, Stories and Art From Arniano

A guide to Guinness’s favorite wine pairings (prosciutto and figs, she believes, are best washed down with fizzy prosecco) and recommendations for day trips nearby (Siena, a Benedictine monastery) only add to the book’s allure.With essential ingredients for an Italian pantry; feast curation; menu suggestions for every season; notes on Italian wines; day trips from Arniano along the nearby 'Via Francigena', the ancient pilgrim's route leading to Rome; tricks and rules for cooking that can be applied to any lunch or dinner party, whatever the season; and guidelines for seemingly effortless cooking and hosting, this is a book to make everyone feel welcome. Food and dreamy interiors aside, a large part of the magic here is the spectacular scenery and countryside, suspended like some Italian Shangri-La in the rolling countryside of Montalcino. In spring, artichokes appear in a béchamel pie as well as a quick rocket salad covered in parmesan shavings, while summer dishes skew simple: there’s a soup of basil-infused tomato water, trofie pasta with pesto, and a salad of crisp apple slices with mint and grated dark chocolate.

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For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. And it is here that she established The Arniano Painting School, a residential painting course and immersive art and food experience. Art meets food in this sublime celebration of thirty years of cooking and hosting at The Arniano Painting School in Tuscany 'A peculiar attribute of the landscape surrounding Arniano is the ever-changing light. A truly beautiful book with food as colourful as paintings and thoughtful menus guided by the Tuscan seasons.Amber Guinness paints such a dreamy, evocative picture of her home in the Tuscan countryside and of the sumptuous feasts she cooks there. If you have already submitted another request to index a book or magazine yourself, please do not make any additional requests until you have indexed and submitted that book or magazine. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.