Garlic, Mint, & Sweet Basil

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Pub Date 14 Jul 2020 | Archive Date 17 Feb 2020
Europa Editions | Europa Compass

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Description

“Evocative . . . A paean to the life, cities and food of the Mediterranean . . . His essays . . . reveal a man of deep feeling and humanity” (The Guardian).

A short sublime book on the three things dearest to Jean-Claude Izzo’s heart: his native Marseilles, the sea in all its splendor, and Mediterranean noir—the literary genre his books helped to found. This collection of writings shows Izzo, author of the acclaimed Marseilles trilogy, at his most contemplative and insightful. His native city, with its food, its flavors, its passionate inhabitants, and its long, long history of commerce and conviviality, constitute the lifeblood that runs through all of Izzo’s work.
Reminiscent of Henry Miller’s The Colossus of Maroussi and the lyrical essays of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Albert Camus, as uplifting and touching as Daniel Klein’s Travels with Epicurus, this slender volume will appeal equally to gourmets who delight in the strong flavors of Mediterranean cuisine, to those travelling on the Riviera (or arm-chair travelers who wish they could), and, naturally, to aficionados of noir fiction.
Praise for Jean-Claude Izzo

“Mr. Izzo was a marvelous food writer . . . His books are filled with winning descriptions of Provencal meals run through with the flavors of north Africa, Italy, Greece.”—The New York Times

“Just as Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy made Los Angeles their very own, so Mr. Izzo has made Marseilles so much more than just another geographical setting.”—The Economist

“In Izzo’s books . . . Marseilles is a ‘ville selon nos coeur,’ a city in tune with our heart . . . A cosmopolitan, maritime city, greedy, sensual and warm.”—Slow Food

“Evocative . . . A paean to the life, cities and food of the Mediterranean . . . His essays . . . reveal a man of deep feeling and humanity” (The Guardian).

A short sublime book on the three things...


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This book was received as an ARC from Europa Editions - Europa Compass in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

I was intrigued from the start when I read the description of this book but what I did not expect, was for this book to be a memoir rather than a cookbook. Even though it was written in the memoir style, Izzo was so descriptive in his book that it felt like I was on tour of Marseilles with him tasting all the wonderful food and smelling all of the aromas of garlic, mint and basil. I also loved in one of the chapters how he remembers that the first girl he ever kissed smelled of garlic and that is how he fell in love with the aroma. Even though I was a little disappointed that there were no recipes featured in the book, I still enjoyed it and I know a lot of our community members will too.

We will consider adding this title to our Cooking collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

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