Author Matthew Gavin Frank will speak at the South Hadley Public Library
on Monday, August 23 at 6:30 about his new book "Barolo", recently
published by the University of Nebraska Press.
After a childhood of microwaved meat and saturated fat, Matthew Frank
got serious about food. As part of his research the author spent six
months in Barolo, Italy (pop. 646), living out of a tent in the garden
of the local Pittatore farmhouse. Through the Pittatore family he was
able to secure work picking wine grapes for famed vintner Luciano
Sandrone. "Barolo" details his developing relationships with the
region’s families, restaurateurs, butchers, vintners, local foodstuffs,
strange markets, and circus-like atmosphere.
Rich with real Italian small-town “characters” and a wealth of
historical and culinary investigation, Barolo is a blend of intimate
travelogue and memoir. Barolo is both a Piemontese Italian town and an
Italian wine.
This program is free and open to the public. The South Hadley Public
Library is located at 27 Bardwell Street; for more information call
538-5045.
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