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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Birlinn General

FORMAT: Hardback

ISBN: 9781780274805

RRP: £17.99

PAGES: 288

PUBLICATION DATE:
September 7, 2017

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Dear Alfonso: Stories of Food and Family

Mary Contini

Following the successful publication of Dear Francesca and Dear Olivia, bestselling author, Mary Contini picks up the thread of her family story from 1934 in Pozzuoli, Naples, following the commercial success of the family business – Edinburgh’s acclaimed Valvona & Crolla – and the Dolce Vita of parent’s generation. With her inimitable style she shares stories of exuberant family relationships, mouth-watering food and hilarious laughter, painting a vivid picture of life in wartime Italy and Scotland and the decades immediately after.

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Mary Contini

Mary Contini grew up in East Lothian above her family’s Italian cafe. She is the bestselling author of numerous books about Italian life and cooking, including Dear Francesca, Dear Olivia, Valvona & Crolla: A Year at an Italian Table and The Italian Sausage Bible. She is a Director of Valvona & Crolla, the renowned Edinburgh delicatessen, restaurant and cookery school.