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The Wisdom of Tuscany: Simplicity, Security & the Good Life
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Product Description By the author of the international bestseller The Hills of Tuscany and the New York Times Notable Book A Vineyard in Tuscany: making the Tuscan life-style your own. This sun-drenched land has become synonymous with the ideal life. But it didn’t happen by chance. Since the Etruscans, the independence-loving Tuscans have treated their breathtaking countryside with sagacious respect and built hamlets and hill towns in which they perfected a culture of simplicity, beauty, neighborliness, good food, and love of daily life. Ferenc Máté has lived in Tuscany for twenty years. Through personal experience and anecdotal history he explores the sources of this idyllic existence, which provides continuous economic stability, physical and emotional security, and a fortifying sense of belonging. From their organic gardens to their mouthwatering cuisine, from high-quality, craftsmen-made products and family-run businesses, to the joys centered in human contact and community, Tuscans live a healthy, all-senses-satisfying, emotionally rich life. Máté―engaging, funny, and insightful―nudges us all to live like Tuscans. With our frantic world so storm-tossed and rudderless, this might just be the book for our times. Review "One of the best books on Italy this year―I recommend The Wisdom of Tuscany to all who celebrate Italy." ― Truby Chiaviello, Primo "It’s possible to learn from distant travels and put those lessons to use at home. [Máté] uses the people of Tuscany as examples of folks who have learned the art of living within the community…possessing creative practicality, down-home humor and relentless optimism." ― The Salt Lake Tribune "Through anecdotes and some absolutely mouth-watering recipes, Máté celebrates the warmth and simplicity of his adopted homeland... The Wisdom of Tuscany celebrated by Máté appeals to me on several levels, as I’m sure it will appeal to many of you." ― San Francisco Book Review "A book that will delight the senses and rekindle anyone’s sense of adventure. Máté tells us how to live the good life, casting off the impersonal and rededicating ourselves to the deeply personal. A lovely thought for these times." ― Martha Stewart Living Radio About the Author FERENC MATE was born in Hungary, escaped at the age of eleven, and has lived in Budapest, Vienna, Vancouver, Laguna Beach, New York, Paris and Rome. He is the author of 15 books translated into 14 languages, including New York Times Notable Book A Vineyard in Tuscany and the Dugger/Nello historical sea adventure fiction series. He lives with his family tending their vines and olives in the hills of Tuscany.
