After a disappointment in love, Rosa, once a fabled cook in her community, retreats to the solace of life as a librarian in Palermo where a mysterious chef, known only as l'Inglese, woos her and then suddenly vanishes.
"After a disappointment in love, Rosa, once a fabled cook in her community, retreats to the solace of life as a librarian in Palermo where a mysterious chef, known only as l'Inglese, woos her and then suddenly vanishes."
"After a disappointment in love, Rosa, once a fabled cook in her community, retreats to the solace of life as a librarian in Palermo where a mysterious chef, known only as l'Inglese, woos her and then suddenly vanishes."@en
"A festival of life and all its plesures, bursting with passion and extravagant color. The author's voice is utterly distinctive, original, and sincere, and the story is genuinely touching--and at times very funny--without ever desending into sentimentality."@en
"This delicious debut novel is set in Sicily, and centers around Rosa Fiore, a middle-aged librarian who has resigned herself to a loveless life. She express her passion through cooking, which leads to an unexpected love affair."
"Middle-aged librarian, Rosa Fiore, leaves her family home when her lover is murdered by the Mafia. Building a career in an academic library in Palermo, she reserves her passion for her cooking -- until a mysterious Englishman arrives to ignite passions of a different kind."
"Rosa Fiore is a solitary middle-aged librarian in rural Sicily. She has resigned herself to a loveless life, and expresses her passionate nature through her delicious cooking."
"Telkens als het een Siciliaanse vrouw in het leven tegenzit slaat ze aan het kokkerellen."
"Since childhood, Rosa Fiore -- daughter of a sultry Sicilian matriarch and her hapless husband -- found solace in her family's kitchen. La Cucina, the heart of the family's lush estate, was a place where generations of Fiore women prepared sumptuous feasts and where the drama of extended family life was played out around the age-old table. When Rosa was a teenager, her own cooking became the stuff of legend in this small community that takes pride in the bounty of its landscape and the eccentricity of its inhabitants. Rosa's infatuation with culinary arts was rivaled only by her passion for a young man, Bartolomeo, who, unfortunately, belonged to another. After their love affair ended in tragedy, Rosa retreated first into her kitchen and then into solitude, as a librarian in Palermo. There she stayed for decades, growing corpulent on her succulent dishes, resigned to a loveless life. Then, one day, she meets the mysterious chef, known only is I'Inglese, whose research on the heritage of Sicilian cuisine leads him to Rosa's library, and into her heart. They share one sublime summer of discovery, during which I'lnglese awakens the power of Rosa's sensuality, and together they reach new heights of culinary passion. When I'Inglese suddenly vanishes, Rosa returns home to the farm to grieve for the loss of her second love. In the comfort of familiar surroundings, among her, growing family, she discovers the truth about her loved ones and finds her life transformed once more by the magic of her cherished Cucina. Exuberant and touching, La Cucina is a magical evocation of lifes mysterious seasons and the treasures found in each one. It celebrates family, food, passion, and the eternal rapture of romance."@en
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