3.5 StarsThis book had everything I love in a novel. Exotic location (India), a historical setting with two stories told side by side (1850s, the height of The Raj and post WWII 1947, the departure of the British), a mystery which connects the two stories and descriptive writing which easily tran...
I really enjoyed this book. Some may think it frivolous because it's a novel, but I felt that it had a lot of history, both culinary and cultural, added to age-old mysticism. I didn't want it to end. It's a story of a young street orphan in 1450's or thereabout Vienna who is chosen by a chef to...
I came across this book in my local library, the title of the book caught my eye as I was searching for another author.Luciano is a lovely character, who very quickly won my heart with his innocence and curiosity. I laughed many a time because of his getting himself into the most difficult of si...
Vi dirò la verità, dopo due anni che corro (letteralmente) avanti e indietro per Venezia pensavo che a leggere questo libro ne avrei ritrovato la vera essenza, non quella città fatta di turisti e studenti che in genere si incotrano adesso, ma quella fatta di vere calli strette e di veri veneziani...
Interesting read, good flow, colourful characters. Could have been better researched, for though the author does write a note at the end saying why she played with timelines somewhat (which I understand, as I had to do this in my own novel), I still felt that it did not allow for playing with cul...
ISBN 1416590544 - A recipe for The Book of Unholy Mischief: A little ISBN 0486424537 Oliver Twist, for the child pickpockets, a bit of ISBN 1400079179 The Da Vinci Code, for the secret that could destroy The Church, and way too much ISBN 0767916069 Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy, for the ...