num_pages: 325
description: Reluctantly leaving Venice behind her, Marlena de Blasi travels with her Italian husband south to begin their new adventure. It's in San Casciano dei Bagni, a small Tuscan village, that Marlena and Fernando hope to find a rural way of life in which they can both share.Almost immediately, Barlozzo, a gruff, charming Tuscan who has lived in San Casciano all of his life, appears as their guide. Through him, Marlena and Fernando explore the old rhythms of country life linked to the growing seasons. Barlozzo's fascinating stories lead Marlena and Fernando to the regional festivals, to taste just-pressed olive oil drizzled over roasted country bread, and zucchini blossoms, battered, deep fried and sprayed with sea-salted water. Barlozzo shares his knowledge of farming traditions, ancient health potions and artisan food makers but he has secrets he doesn't share, and one of them concerns the beautiful Floriana, whose illness teaches Marlena that happiness is truly a choice.
language: English
title: Dolce e Salata
titlecomplete: Dolce e Salata
genres: Travel, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food, Italy, Romance, Memoir, Biography Memoir, Foodie, Biography
ratings_count: 7064
series: Italian Memoirs
publisher: Allen & Unwin