TUSCAN RECIPES … today, “Mozzarella in a Blanket” Nonna Margherita Dottorelli in her kitchen, 1905 Some excellent Tuscan recipes from her granddaughter, Marta, who refuses to be just a character in a novel made up by that writer Now a Good Meal To Settle the Nerves BUT I did not like the way the Signora looked at me — when …
Two More Soups
TUSCAN RECIPES … today, TWO TUSCAN SOUPS Nonna Margherita Dottorelli in her kitchen, 1905 Some excellent Tuscan recipes from her granddaughter, Marta, who refuses to be just a character in a novel made up by that writer Two More Soups Now we are at the end of the week, still with too much excellent not-too-fresh bread. Good, perhaps the family …
Pansanella
TUSCAN RECIPES … today — PANSANELLA (Bread Salad) Nonna Margherita Dottorelli in her kitchen, 1905 Some excellent Tuscan recipes from her granddaughter, Marta, who refuses to be just a character in a novel made up by that writer. If you have too much bread When I come down the hill to clean the house that the beautiful Signora inherited from …
Pomodori Fritti
TUSCAN RECIPES … today, FRIED TOMATOES “Contadina Style” Nonna Margherita Dottorelli in her kitchen, 1905 Some excellent Tuscan recipes from her granddaughter, Marta, who refuses to be just a character in a novel made up by that writer. If you have too many tomatoes, or tonight it is going to freeze There is an archaeologist Inglese in this story where …
Come Join Our Tour
WHEN WRITERS GET TOGETHER what do they talk about? Food and wine and significant others, and kids and politics and … WRITING. Of course. Now any non-writer, who is lucky enough to cohabit with a writer, knows the long silences at meals while the person across the table is lost in some inner world. Or the long drives when — if the navigator happens to …
Kamloops Reading Invitation
It was lovely to drive the length of the Okanagan Valley yesterday and then over into the beautiful North Thompson River region, to Kamloops, where Thompson Rivers University and the Kamloops Library system entertained Douglas and me so royally — and to meet a group of such lively and interesting readers and thinkers! Many thanks to all.
Marta
Marta Dottorelli has moved — to check out her latest Tuscan recipes, please click Tuscan Recipes on the main menu to your right.Grazie!
On Book Promotion
(I discovered this piece in the most recent edition of Write, the magazine of the Writers’ Union of Canada. it appears here with the permission of the author….) The Strange Truth: The Author Reviews Her Own Book By M.A.C. Farrant IT WASN’T THAT LONG AGO when book writers, desperate for an author profile or a scant review, or for any …
Print Archive
(Reprinted here from Kathleen’s Blog) A Writer’s LifeThe Disconnected Ramblings of an Itinerant AuthorFriday, 7 December 2012Barbara Lambert and The Whirling Girl Having posted poetry from Canadian poet Catherine Owen on Tuesday, today I’m delighted to feature Canadian novelist Barbara Lambert, who has written a guest post on her latest novel, set in Tuscany ‘The Whirling Girl’. You can read …
Reviews
Review on Goodreads by talented Holley Rubinsky:Click here: Review on Goodreads by novelist and Giller Favourite Sheila Dalton:click here: Review by Kathleen Jones, British poet and biographer with roots in Italy:click here: Review at the Red room:click here: December 3: Great review on Goodreads by Linda Lappin in Italyclick here: Caroline Adderson, on FaceBook:“What a delicious read! I loved being …