num_pages: 8
description: Memoirs of a Sicilian woman's childhood--spent in a harsh convent where she learned to make incredible pastries--are combined with recipes, written down for the first time, for such delectable treats as biscotti, tarts, cakes, marzipan confections. 35,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.
language: English
title: Bitter Almonds: Recollections & Recipes from a Sicilian Girlhood
titlecomplete: Bitter Almonds: Recollections & Recipes from a Sicilian Girlhood
genres: Biography, Cooking, Cookbooks, Italy, Food Writing, Nonfiction, Food, Memoir
ratings_count: 186
publisher: William Morrow & Co