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Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons: Travels in Sicily on a Vespa
Matthew Fort
2009, 324 pages
Nonfiction
British food writer Matthew Fort is fascinated by Sicily and takes a tour of the island on a Vespa he names Monica. He is returning after visiting with his brother in 1973, and this time he will take his time, going across the country for three weeks and around the edge for four weeks.
Along the way he meets cooks, fishermen and farmers, and is invited to family celebrations where the conversation and eating goes on all day. He learns how to make pasta and bread, how to fish for anchovies and he describes every bite he takes of seafood, sausages, pastas, eggplant dishes, cheeses, desserts and more in mouth-watering detail. He decides that “if ever there was a country whose history was written in its food, it was Sicily.” The people of Sicily welcome him and are happy to share their recipes and ideas about food.
Take a trip with this humorous guide who enjoyed the people he met as much as the food. Recipes are included in each chapter.
