Vanilla Beans and Brodo
Subtitle: Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: April 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780743404112
Subjects: Places & peoples: general interest; Travel writing; Travel; Culture; Description And Travel; History - General History; Italy; Essays & Travelogues; Europe - Italy; ITALY_DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL; ITALY_SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Travel / Europe / Italy; Customs & Traditions
First sentence: The stone walls encircling Montalcino, first completed in the year 1110, form a defensive band around the village like a stone circle pushed down over the crown of the irregular-shaped hill.