The Lady in the Palazzo An Umbrian Love Story

Orvieto, an ancient Italian city rising above the cliffs of Umbria, is among the most dramatic in Europe. It is here that Marlena de Blasi, author of the national bestseller A Thousand Days in Venice, sets out to make a home-in the former ballroom of a dilapidated sixteenth-century palazzo-and win over her neighbors, who include artisans, counts, shepherds, and a lone violinist. Though wary of a stranger in their midst, they find her passion for the fine arts of cooking and eating irresistible, and together they create a spectacular feast as breathtaking as the city itself. By turns romantic and sensual, joyous and celebratory, The Lady in the Palazzo seductively captures the essence of a singular place. Book jacket.

An American chef and food and wine journalist, Marlena de Blasi has written five memoirs, a novel, and two books about the regional foods of Italy. She lives with her husband in the Umbrian hilltown of Orvieto. Her work has been translated into twenty-six languages.

The Next House
A Life Lived Well Moves Backward	p. 5
Truth, Hard and Hot, Has Its Pleasures	p. 21
Once in a While, Let Life Shape Itself	p. 30
Life Is Lived in Epochs	p. 50
Waiting for a Ballroom
That's Umbria Out There	p. 57
Everywhere in Orvieto There Is the Suspicion of Glory	p. 64
Bombastes Is Back in Town	p. 80
Umbria Is Italy Unmingled	p. 84
She Says People Need to Be Together as Much as They Need to Eat	p. 102
Besides, They All Have Something of the Ass about Them, Chou	p. 115
I Preferred One Waltz with a Beauty to a Lifetime with Someone Less Rare	p. 132
Wait until Midnight If You Can	p. 140
Sleep Well and Rise Early to an Exuberance of Bells	p. 153
Most All of Us Abide in Ruins	p. 163
I'd Like to Have Hair the Color of Hot Copper Wires	p. 173
And Be Careful of Edgardo d'Onofrio	p. 192
The Orvietani	p. 196
We're Going to Live in a Ballroom, Fernando. Isn't That the Most Wonderful Thing You Ever Heard?	p. 217
Brahms at Eight O'Clock from Across the Vicolo	p. 227
In Via del Duomo
Where I Come From, We Invite Our Neighbors and Friends to Supper	p. 247
Black Ties and Pretty Dresses	p. 260
Would the Lady Be Pleased by a Waltz?	p. 274
The Jeast
Pan-Sauteed Winter Pears with Pecorino and Walnut Focaccia	p. 301
Umbrichelli with Olivada	p. 305
Leg of Spiced Pork Slow-Braised in Red Wine with Prunes	p. 308
Roasted Chestnut Polenta	p. 310
Brown Sugar Gelato with Caramelized Blood Oranges	p. 312
Warm Sambuca Fritters	p. 315
Acknowledgments	p. 317
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