Bread and Oil
A Celebration of Majorcan Culture
$24.06
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2013
Summary
Coarse bread rubbed with tomato or garlic and then bathed in olive oil, is common to all the Mediterranean cultures. On the island of Majorca, it is known as pa amb oli, bread and oil. Tomas Graves takes this healthy peasant staple as a starting point to explore not only Mediterranean cooking, agriculture, and traditions but also the historical events that have rescued this simple dish from disappearing along with a way of life that had remained essentially unchanged since Roman times. In Bre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781909166165 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1909166162 |
| Author: | Tomas Graves |
| Publisher: | Grub Street Publishing |
| Imprint: | Grub Street Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 284g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Tomas Graves
Tomas Graves, son of celebrated British poet Robert Graves, was born and raised in Majorca, where he still lives. He is a master craftsman of typographic design and letterpress printing and he also plays in a rock band. He is the author of two other books A Home in Majorca: A Practical Guide to the Traditional House and Rural Life and Tuning Up at Dawn, which was serialised on BBC Radio Four as Book of the Week.
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