Winter in Tuscany

Amber Guinness brings the heart of Tuscany’s cosy autumnal and wintry flavours to your kitchen.

Following the success of A House Party in Tuscany and Italian Coastal, Amber Guinness invites you on an artful tour through her beloved Southern Tuscany and favourite pockets of Florence. Winter in Tuscany celebrates the region’s rich culinary and cultural traditions with a quanto basta approach – the intuitive, Italian method of ‘just enough’ – and brings the heart of Tuscany’s cosy autumnal and wintry flavours to your kitchen.

But quanto basta is more than just a philosophy for cooking; it’s a metaphor for life. This book celebrates life in the off-season; an ode to exploring Tuscany’s villages and countryside when the crowds have thinned, allowing for a deeper, more intimate connection with the culture, food and landscapes. In discovering treasures off the beaten path, Amber highlights the richness of exploring at a gentler pace, when Tuscany truly reveals itself.

The book is filled with an array of hyper-local, traditional recipes for the home cook: from antipasti, zuppe – thick, hearty Tuscan soups – and brodo, brothy concoctions that bring comfort on colder days, to rustic pasta, rice and secondi – meat and vegetable mains that celebrate the season.

Whether you’re strolling beneath Della Robbia’s cherubs or simmering a hearty soup on a cold winter’s night, Winter in Tuscany is an invitation to slow down and appreciate the beauty in small moments and big flavours.

Review

'I find winter cooking therapeutic and relaxing, so this book had me gripped before I even opened it. Inside it's full to bursting with delicious and visually beautiful recipes and stunning imagery of Tuscany in the winter months. I want to cook everything and, I hate to say it, but: roll on the winter' - Ben Tish, author of MOORISH and SICILIA

'Deliciously comforting and beautiful recipes and charming stories that make me want to winter in Tuscany for the rest of my life' - Melissa Hemsley, author of 'Sunday Times' bestseller REAL HEALTHY

About the Author

Amber Guinness is an English cook and food writer who lives in Florence, Italy. She was born in London but raised at Arniano, the Tuscan farmhouse her parents restored near Siena. She has a first class Masters degree in History and Italian from the University of Edinburgh, and has worked as a cook in both London and Italy. Amber’s first book, A House Party in Tuscany, featured recipes and stories from her internationally acclaimed residential painting school at Arniano. Her second book, Italian Coastal, was a journey in food along the Tuscan coast. Amber is married with a son.