Five Quarters: Recipes And Notes From A Kitchen In Rome

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'Of course I thought Rome was glorious, but I didn't want to stay. A month, three at most, then I'd take a train back to Sicily to finish the clockwise journey I'd interrupted, before moving even further southwards...' Instead, captivated by the exhilarating life of Testaccio, the wedge-shaped quarter of Rome that centres round the old slaughterhouse and the bustling food market, Rachel decided to rent a flat and live there. Thus began an Italian adventure that's turned into a brand new life. FIVE QUARTERS charts a year in Rachel's small kitchen, shopping, cooking, eating and writing, capturing a uniquely domestic picture of life in this vibrant, charismatic city. Combining Rachel's love of Italian food and cooking with a strong nostalgia for home and memories of growing up in England, this is a cookbook to read in bed as well as to use in the kitchen.

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Notebook, recipe book and kitchen diary, Rachel Roddy merges her love of Italian cooking with a strong nostalgia for the family mealtimes of her English childhood

Awards

Winner Best First Book 2016 British Food Writers Guild

Author description

Rachel comes from London but now lives in Rome. She's a trained actress, lives with a musician and has a son. She cooks and writes. racheleats.wordpress.com Follow Rachel on Twitter @racheleats