Risotto With NettlesAnna Del ConteLabel: VintageDescription: A wonderful evocative memoir by the woman who first brought Italian cooking to Britain and fuelled a culinary revolution.'Anyone who cooks should have Anna's books it is the simple truth' Nigella LawsonBorn in Milan Anna del Conte grew up in Italy in a gentler time. When war came to Italy everything changed: her family had to abandon their apartment and the city for the countryside where the peasants still ate well but life was dangerous... As a teenager Anna became used to throwing herself into a ditch as the strafing planes flew over and was imprisoned twice. Her story is informed and enlivened by the food and memories of her native land - from lemon granita to wartime risotto with nettles from vitello tonnato to horsemeat roll from pastas to porcini. Anna arrived in England in 1949 to a culinary wasteland. She married an Englishman and stayed on and while bringing up her children she wrote books which inspired a new generation of cooks. This is a memoir of a life seen through food - each chapter rounded off with mouthwatering recipes.
