Tallahassee Farm to Table Talk
January 30th, 2013
If you live nearby, please come say hello at the Goodwood Museum on 2 February and 10:30. I’m speaking there, and the talk is followed by a discussion on farm-to-table. I’m interested to learn about the whole food scene in that area. If it’s like the rest of the South, there’s a fine revolution in progress!
I’m afraid Ballarat in Australia is a bit far to come!!!It should be very interesting though and I’m sure you’ll have a great time Francis.
great to know you will be in Tallahassee!
A message from a bit far- Northern Italy. Why don’t you come to Piedmont to see the food scene and to try all our beautiful food? I live a few km from where the Slow Food movement was born. You can’t miss “fritto misto”, “riso mantecato”, “bagna cauda”, “brasato al barolo”,”torta di nocciole con zabaglione” and our delightful “tajarin (tagliatelle)”. I just happened to see this blog and, as I’m a great fan of yours, I thought you could enjoy a few words from Italy now you’re in the USA. I hope your new/old house will give you joy.
Best wishes
Grazia
Hi Frances,
I just wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed your books about Italy. I have them all but the cookbook and the decorating book (which I plan to purchase soon). Because of them, we made the journey to Italy a few years ago, and loved it. At 58, I am on the cusp of retirement from a career of teaching art. I have rediscovered my love of Italian art history, cooking, making art, and how the pieces of life fit together just as the ingredients of a recipe do.
I plan to begin vegetable gardening for the first time ever as soon as I retire at the end of this academic year. I also love to write and look forward to having time to do so. Thank you for your always inspiring words. They evoke my own memories of the few glorious days I spent there in 2008. I plan to return…perhaps we will meet in the piazza.
A very dear friend heard your presentation in Tallahassee. She wants to know the name of the “mystery rose” you mentioned in your talk there.
Ann, we call it the Bramasole rose because we cannot find out it’s true name. It survived the many years the house was abandoned. Frances
Thanks, I should have known that! It’s been too long since we’ve heard you speak here in the Triangle.
Frances, it was such a wonderful evening at Goodwood and a pleasure to meet you and your hubby. Thanks so much for coming to Tallahassee. Your book Every Day in Tuscany was a joy to read. Your cookbook The Tuscan Sun is fabulous and reads like a novel ! The photos are lovely. I keep in in my sunroom near our wine room not in the kitchen !!!! Love it love it .
Sincerely,
Lisa in TALLAHASSEE, FL