Florentines: A Tuscan Feast

by Giovanna Garzoni

Florentines is an anthology inspired by the rediscovery of Giovanna Garzoni, a miniaturist painter at the court of the Medici in the 17th century. Traditional Tuscan recipes and contemporary extracts describing the region and its luscious produce are illustrated with her watercolours of pumpkins, hams, branches, pans, pots, fish, vegetables and fruit.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857933591
• ISBN13: 9781857933598
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

If available,I would order a copy for each "foodie" I know.

I found a paperbook copy of this book in Florence, but the publisher was Pavilion Books Limited (London) and not Random House. This book contains still-life paintings, descriptions of Renaissance feasts and other food related writings of the 17th century, and interesting recipes, with commentary.Giovanna Garzoni's Late Renaissance still life paintings are beautiful. She was truly an independent woman, who earned her living by art. She had patrons all over Italy. One could just sit and read this lovely book. Too bad it's out of print.