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 | To begin, Saturday the 19th is Purim, and I wish all who celebrate it the happiest of holidays.
And changing course, as some know, in a couple of weeks I'll be walking from Forlimpopoli to Florence (about 70 miles, over 5 days) to celebrate Pellegrino Artusi, who published the first really influential Italian cookbook in 1891 (at age 71), and continued to bring out new editions until shortly before his death in 1911. It should be a lot of fun, but I do have to start walking now or the first (and second) days will be quite grim. | |
Felice Purim!
March 19 is Purim, the holiday celebrating the courage with which Queen Esther faced down the evil Haman, and convinced her husband to rescind the decree he had issued condemning Persia's Jewish population to death. As Giuliana Ascoli Vitali-Norsa observes, it's "one of the few times that a tragic event in Jewish history turned out well," and is thus now an occasion for considerable merriment, dressing up in costume, exchanging gifts, and helping the poor...
| Il Pellegrinaggio Artusiano!
In 1891, Pellegrino Artusi, a 71-year-old retired silk merchant, gave up on trying to find a publisher for his cookbook, La Scienza in Cucina e L'Arte di Mangiar Bene (The Science of cookery and the Art of Eating Well), and self-published it. It took him four years to sell a thousand copies.
The next edition sold faster...
| Il Pellegrinaggio on Facebook
Those of us going are chattering back and forth here, mostly complaining about the rain, which interferes with going out to walk. But once the walk begins, this will be one of the places to follow our progress.
And here is Artusi a Piedi, Artusi on Foot (a blog dedicated tot he pilgrimage.
| Culinary Luminaries: Pellegrino Artusi
If you live in the NY area, there will be a conference on Artusi, followed by an Artusian Dinner, on March 31 at the New School for General Studies. It should be quite interesting!
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