Carole Bumpus' latest book, A SEPTEMBER to REMEMBER: SEARCHING for CULINARY PLEASURES at the ITALIAN TABLE, is her recounting of a month-long sojourn she and her husband, Winston, took to Italy in 1998. As you would expect, we learn a lot about the food they experienced in different parts of the country. But this book is much more than that. How so, you ask? Let me count the ways:
1. Lots of humor
2. Great Mark Twain quotes
3. A very interesting explanation of "Psychology of Place"
4. Good history
5. The meaning of "community" in Italy verses how we define it here in
the U.S.
6. Scary bus drives that make you cringe with worry
7. Cultural references in the U.S. (do you remember Car 54, Where Are
You?)
8. Personal connections (ask me when you see me)
9. Cute personal stories
10. Carole makes you feel like you're there with her
If you want to learn about Italian history, culture, and food, then A SEPTEMBER to REMEMBER is a book for you.
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