Fiori di Zucca

The meals you cook and enjoy over the years - the tastes you savor and the smells you remember - are a rich inheritance. Recipes passed down from generation to generation can be deeply personal and immensely precious. No one understands this better than Valentina Harris. A renowned cookery writer, she also has an extraordinary family history. A scion of a noble Milanese family, the Sforzas, Valentina tells of her forebears in a compelling cookbook-memoir with over 85 recipes. Against a backdrop of different cultures and cuisines, Valentina narrates beautiful and powerful stories-along with her discovery of pure, intense happiness from cooking. Each of her recipes tells a tale - whether it's the Chinese Tea-Smoked Duck handed down from her maternal grandmother who lived in Peking for a while, or the Seafood Risotto learned from Beppino, the family cook. Fiori di Zucca is the culmination of Valentina's career and the book of her heart and soul.