Mandragora jul 2025 (3 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This stimulating book tells the history of Florence, from its origins to the fateful day that the Medici collections were bound to the city of Florence, establishing it definitively as a city of art. Narrated in the first person by the Electress Palatine herself, accompanied by her inquisitive and loyal servant Maria.31 October 1737 Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, the Electress Palatine and last descendant of the grand ducal branch of the Medici, refused to stand by and watch the end of the dynasty that had marked the destiny of Florence for more than four centuries. She responded to the approaching Austrian rule by the House of Lorraine with a legal act under which all the assets that formed part of the Medici collections were bound to the city of Florence, establishing it definitively as a city of art. The protagonist of this book is the history of Florence, from its origins to that fateful day, narrated in the first person by the Electress Palatine herself, accompanied by her inquisitive and loyal servant Maria.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Recipes in the Florentine culinary tradition, emphasising simplicity, and giving clear steps to bring out the presence and taste of each individual ingredient.The new edition of The Art of Cookery re-proposes the recipes of the Florentine culinary tradition, enhancing their simplicity, capturing their modern aspects, veering some of them towards an accuracy in the procedures to ensure that those who try the recipes and then those who are lucky enough to taste them will discover the presence and taste of each individual ingredient. All organized within the time frames of today's schedules. We should not be scandalized if the procedures cemented in the historical memory of domestic walls are made faster through the use of the appliances now routinely used in the kitchen. So bring on the pressure cookers, mixers, blenders and immersion robots if they can help to free up a bit of time and a bit of happy effort in favor of imagination and creativity. Cooking with passion is a game that continually puts us to the test, with results that only our guests can judge. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Published to accompany the exhibition held in 2024 at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, on the history of cocoa and chocolate from its roots in Mesoamerican America, to its arrival in Europe, to the present day.The catalog is the narrative guide for the exhibition held in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana dedicated to cocoa one of the most precious treasures from the New World as described and narrated in Brother Bernardino de Sahagún's work. According to Aztec mythology, cocoa has a divine origin, closely connected to the god Quetzalcóatl. Maps and archaeological, historical, artistic and artisan artifacts tell the story of chocolate, from the Mesoamerica of the Olmecs to the 'bean to bar' movement, a beacon of hope in respect to 'the Other'.…