Risotto With Nettles

Anyone who cooks should have Anna’s books, it is the simple truth, along with the fact that she is, I’m telling you the best writer on Italian food there is…Anna Del Conte is unutterably chic and to be relished – Nigella * Observer Food Monthly *
A well-mannered memoir of an engaging life, laced with recipes – Mail on Sunday * You magazine *
Recipe-stuffed… Rich in mouth-watering prose, this is proof indeed that food doesn’t just nourish your body but also your soul * Metro *
A rollercoaster read… frank and thought-provoking. Del Conte has lived life to the full, through good times and bad, and there’s plenty here to keep you turning the pages * Irish Times *
Del Conte may have adopted English self-effacement with the energy of the converted but she knows how to tell a story – Nina Caplan * Time Out London *
Best of the books’ (food): ‘there is something very special about this book…observant, evocative, full of tastes and talk of food, hers is a delicious, poignant memoir of an unusual life and the food she loves to cook, which launched a culinary revolution – David Herbert * Easy Living *
Double the pleasure with the great Anna del Conte’s lovely memoir with food – Elisabeth Luard * The Scotsman *
The autobiography or travelogue studded with recipes and oozing descriptions of whiffy hand-made cheeses has become a publishing cliché. Here though is one that really earns its place on the shelf. Anna del Conte is one of our most important cookery writers…Del Conte’s recollections are crisply unsentimental – Victoria Moore * Daily Mail *
The best writer on Italian food there is”…Del Conte is a great stylist…Inevitably, food plays a big part in the book and is described with tempting intensity * The Independent, Nigella Lawson *
In this delightful memoir she intersperses the story of her life with a selection of some of the mouth-watering recipes that have helped establish her as a peerless expert on Italian cooking – Simon Shaw * Guardian *

Anna Del Conte was born in Milan, came to England as an au pair in 1949, married an Englishman and has lived in Britian ever since. Her books have won many prizes- Gastronomy of Italy received the Duchessa Maria Luigia di Parma award, Entertaining All’Italiana was shortlisted for the Andre Simon award, and The Classic Food of Northern Italy won awards from the Guild of Food Writers and the Accademia Italiana della Cucina. Her most recent book was Amaretto, Apple Cake and Artichokes- The Best of Anna Del Conte. She has contributed regularly to Sainsbury’s Magazine and received the Glenfiddich award for her articles in 1999. Anna Del Conte lives in Dorset.

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