"Florentines" is an anthology inspired by the rediscovery of Giovanna Garzoni, a miniaturist painter at the court of the Medici in the 17th century. Traditional Tuscan recipes and contemporary extracts describing the region and its luscious produce are illustrated with her watercolours of pumpkins, hams, branches, pans, pots, fish, vegetables and fruit. Giovanna Garzoni ended her days in a Capucine convent in Rome, to which she left her papers and a sample sketchbook, and only in the early 60s was evaluation of her work begun. Many of her surviving paintings were commissioned by Medici patrons, chiefly Prince Leopoldo and Cardinal Giovan Carlo. Fittingly therefore, Lorenza de Medici, an authority on Italian cooking and direct descendent of the renowned Medici contributes a foreword as well as timeless regional recipes, some dating back two centuries. Garzoni painted predominantly portraits and still lifes of flowers and fruits. Her works have a fresh presence and almost surreal quality that explain her immense popularity in her own day and make her long, subsequent neglect all the more mysterious.
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If available,I would order a copy for each "foodie" I know.,
By Carmi Ticehurst (carmi@insweb.com) (Hillsborough, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Florentines: A Tuscan Feast (Hardcover)
I found a paperbook copy of this book in Florence, but the publisher was Pavilion Books Limited (London) and not Random House. This book contains still-life paintings, descriptions of Renaissance feasts and other food related writings of the 17th century, and interesting recipes, with commentary.Giovanna Garzoni's Late Renaissance still life paintings are beautiful. She was truly an independent woman, who earned her living by art. She had patrons all over Italy. One could just sit and read this lovely book. Too bad it's out of print.
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This review is from: Florentines: A Tuscan Feast (Hardcover)
I suspect this is out of print or buried in some backroom at Random House somewhere (despite Amazon's contention that it is simply unavailable), yet it brings historical Tuscan life, to--ahem--life. The recipes work. The artwork is delicious. The size, shape, tone are just right. Its hidden charms remain a loss to anyone planning a trip to Tuscany who is not able to tap them.
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- Central Italy: The Collected Traveler: Tuscany and Umbria by Barrie Kerper on page 382
- The Pepper Harvest Cookbook by Barbara Ciletti in Back Matter
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