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My Umbrian Kitchen by Patrizia Simone with Caroline Pizzey

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December 2012–January 2013, no. 347

My Umbrian Kitchen by Patrizia Simone with Caroline Pizzey

Lantern, $59.99 hb, 303 pp, 9781921382772

My Umbrian Kitchen by Patrizia Simone with Caroline Pizzey

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December 2012–January 2013, no. 347

My Umbrian Kitchen – part memoir, part recipe book – reflects the Umbrian-Australian life of its author, Italian-born Patrizia Simone, who, with her husband, opened her first restaurant in Bright in north-eastern Victoria twenty-six years ago. This publication draws on her wealth of experience in the kitchen, decades of cooking, and the rich culinary heritage of her native Umbria. We follow Simone’s journey from the borgo (hamlet) at Collestrada to nearby Perugia, where her parents moved in search of work while she was in her teens. The book commences with an evocative description of the borgo, the source of her culinary vocation, which sets the framework for the dialogue between Umbria and Bright: Umbrian cuisine adapted for her restaurant, and for Australia.

Christopher Menz reviews 'My Umbrian Kitchen' by Patrizia Simone

My Umbrian Kitchen

by Patrizia Simone with Caroline Pizzey

Lantern, $59.99 hb, 303 pp, 9781921382772

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