Wild Asparagus, Wild Strawberries: Two years in France
Registered by amberC of Darwin, Northern Territory Australia on 7/1/2018
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2 journalers for this copy...
Picked up at the meet-up.
"I drank Normandy farmhouse cider, ate strawberries dipped in red wine then sugar, and tasted truffles and soft goat cheeses for the first time. I returned to Australia inspired to become a food writer." France bewitched Barbara Santich as a student in the early 1970s. She vowed to return, and soon enough she did - with husband and infant twins in tow. "Wild Asparagus, Wild Strawberries" tells the story of the magical two years that followed. Buoyed by naive enthusiasm, Barbara and her husband launched themselves into French village life, a world of winemaking, rabbit raising, cherry picking and exuberant 14 Juillet celebrations. Here we see the awakening of Barbara Santich's lifelong love affair with food history. And also a lost France, "when the 19th century almost touched hands with the 21st". Shepherds still led their flocks to pasture each day and, even near the bustling towns, wild strawberries hid at the forest's edge.
Journal Entry 3 by amberC at Mail in by mail, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Friday, May 20, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (5/20/2022 UTC) at Mail in by mail, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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To be released in the Nambucca Heads Community Garden Bookcrossing Zone.
Journal Entry 4 by glenystasmania at Nambucca Heads, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, June 2, 2022
Arrived and will be released in bookcrossing zone later this week.
Journal Entry 5 by glenystasmania at Growing Together Community Gardens Centre in Nambucca Heads, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, June 2, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (6/3/2022 UTC) at Growing Together Community Gardens Centre in Nambucca Heads, New South Wales Australia
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Barbara Santich drank Normandy farmhouse cider, ate strawberries dipped in red wine then sugar, tasted truffles and soft goat cheeses and returned to Australia to become a food writer.