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The Astronomer's Pig: Foodie fiction and recipes by [Rosanne Dingli]

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Emotional hunger
Lustful appetites
Starvation of affection
Sheer gluttony

They drive characters as diverse as the only daughter of a widow, and an astronomer shunned by a village of sceptics.

This collection of succulent fiction accompanied by recipes contains awarded and published stories in which locations and characters vary. From humorous to mysterious, exotic to commonplace, endearing to distinctly off-putting; always concerned with food and eating.

A daydreaming lonely woman, a bachelor jolted out of his routines and habits. They seem soothed, calmed, or bewildered by food and cooking. Add the international flavour of the locations and recipes to your reading ... and cooking.

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ROSANNE DINGLI's award-winning short stories have appeared in anthologies, journals and literary supplement on the internet and Australia-wide since 1985.
She has taught languages and writing, and has worked as literary editor, heraldic artist and cook. She is the author of the popular novels Death in Malta and the Bryn Awbrey series of cultural mysteries. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004U6WW56
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yellow Teapot Books; 3rd edition (March 27, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 27, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 652 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 146 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #4,075,181 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #6,865 in Literary Short Stories
- #58,952 in Single Authors Short Stories
- #111,949 in Short Stories (Books)

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Multi award-winning author Rosanne Dingli has published fiction successfully for over 25 years. Her ten novels and six collections of short fiction centre around the classical arts, such as painting, music, and literature. She also uses history, and locations and their allure, to anchor her stories in reality and give them substance.

Rosanne Dingli now writes full-time after retiring from teaching in 2009. She gives frequent workshops on writing and publishing, and speaks to social groups and clubs about the topics of her works.

She sits on the committee and is newsletter editor at the Rockingham Writers Centre.

She lives in Western Australia.

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Short & Savory!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 22, 2013

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Those who like a good short story will enjoy The Astronomer's Pig from Australian author Rosanne Dingli. The volume contains seven stories - "The Tsar's Finger", "Life Sentence", "The Astronomer's Pig", "Shacks", "The Woman Who Loved Moses", "The Axe", and "History." Food plays an important and often surprising part in each story - recipes included!

Recipes are unusual but simple to produce. Most measurements are straightforward, though you will want a digital scale to measure flour for two of the recipes. You'll find a 1 liter marking on one side of your Pyrex quart measuring pitcher. (If your liquid measure is smaller, 1000 ml equals 1 liter.) Quantities given for meat in the couple of instances where some degree of precision is required are 800 grams, or just over a pound and a half, which would be close enough. The one ingredient I noticed that needs a bit of translation if you aren't used to cooking in International English rather than American English is the term "plain flour", which is the same as "all purpose."

Grandma's $0.02 - Several of my favorite authors are known for their short stories rather than their tomes. Feel free to add Rosanne Dingli to the list. Enjoyable read, love the Avgolemono Soup!

Highly recommended

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