Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia by Patience Gray

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  • Tuscan marbled beans, freshly harvested

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Side dish; Italian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: borlotti beans; sweet white onions; tomatoes; parsley; celery; thyme; dried oregano; garlic; potatoes; wine vinegar
    • Accompaniments: Marinated anchovies
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  • Bean soup

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Soups; Appetizers / starters; Italian
    • Ingredients: potatoes; sorrel; dandelion greens; spinach; carrots; tomatoes; rice; sausages; beans of your choice
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  • Lentil puree

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Italian
    • Ingredients: brown lentils; butter; onions; parsley; celery; carrots; stock; lemons
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  • Stewed chickpeas

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: chickpeas; onions; parsley; tomatoes; almonds; pine nuts; garlic
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  • Puree of dried broad beans with wild chicory

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: onion sprouts; broad beans; olive oil; mint; fresh chicory (UK); pancetta
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  • Fish at sea

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Breakfast / brunch; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: olive oil; dried chiles; tomatoes; peas; rape
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  • La soupe au pistou

    La soupe au pistou

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Soups; Appetizers / starters; French
    • Ingredients: olive oil; sweet white onions; rice; French beans (haricots verts); peas; carrots; courgettes; potatoes; garlic; basil; pine nuts; Gruyère cheese
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  • Sorrel soup

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Soups; Appetizers / starters; Italian
    • Ingredients: sorrel; butter; olive oil; onions; potatoes
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  • Pea soup

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Soups; Appetizers / starters; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: peas; pig feet; bay leaves; mustard seeds; vinegar; butter; onions; potatoes; leeks; parsley
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  • Pumpkin soup

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Soups; Appetizers / starters; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: pumpkins; olive oil; onions; potatoes; leeks; thyme; ground ginger; chickpeas; parsley; butter; lemons
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  • Nettle soup

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Soups; Appetizers / starters; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: beef fat; potatoes; onions; canned tomatoes; milk; nettles
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  • A green vegetable puree

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Soups; Appetizers / starters; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: lettuce; green cabbage; spinach; beet greens; butter; tomatoes; potatoes; celery; carrots; dill; basil
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  • "Boiled water"

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Soups; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: garlic; sage; olive oil; bay leaves; eggs
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  • Thyme soup

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Soups; Appetizers / starters; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: thyme; bread; olive oil; eggs
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  • Anita's paella

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Rice dishes; Main course; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: whole chicken; pork chops; cuttlefish; mussels; langoustines; rice; olive oil; onions; tomatoes; peas; saffron
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  • Potatoes and Fench beans

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Side dish; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: potatoes; beans - haricot; onions; olive oil
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  • "Widowed" potatoes

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Side dish; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: potatoes; onions; olive oil; tomatoes; paprika; bay leaves; almonds; pine nuts; garlic
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  • Potatoes seasoned with alliums and olive oil

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Side dish; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: potatoes; onions; shallots; garlic; parsley; olive oil
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  • Potatoes cooked with milk and butter

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Side dish; Italian
    • Ingredients: sweet white onions; olive oil; potatoes; milk; nutmeg; butter; parsley
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  • Potato torta

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Side dish; Italian
    • Ingredients: potatoes; butter; milk; eggs; nutmeg; sugar; Parmesan cheese; salt pork; olive oil; stale bread
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  • Potato puree

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Side dish; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: potatoes; butter; milk; eggs; nutmeg; sugar; Parmesan cheese; olive oil
    • Accompaniments: Braised pheasant
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  • Potatoes in the oven

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Side dish; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: potatoes; garlic; marjoram; milk; butter
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  • Potatoes cooked in the outdoor bread oven

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Side dish; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: potatoes; thyme; garlic
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  • Eggs and potatoes

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Side dish; Mediterranean
    • Ingredients: potatoes; olive oil; thyme; savory; garlic; eggs; parsley
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  • Frittata di zucchini

    from Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia Honey from a Weed by Patience Gray

    • Categories: Egg dishes; Breakfast / brunch; Italian
    • Ingredients: zucchini; onions; olive oil; eggs; parsley; breadcrumbs; Parmesan cheese
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Notes about this book

  • rees.linda on January 15, 2015

    Interesting, different little book. Lovely illustrations, conveys perfect atmosphere. Nice to just sit down and read.

  • shonaghd on June 28, 2012

    This is not only one of my favourite cookbooks but it also makes it onto my list of Desert Island Books. It is food, art, literature, history and delicious!

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Reviews about this book

  • Food52

    It feels often like a travelogue or a piece of fiction or a poem. She writes about whatever she wants, there’s no clear narrative structure but it all flows together.

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  • ISBN 10 190301820X
  • ISBN 13 9781903018200
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  • Published Dec 20 2001
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 375
  • Language English
  • Edition New edition
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Prospect Books
  • Imprint Prospect Books

Publishers Text

This book is perhaps the jewel in Prospect’s crown. Within a few months of its first appearance in 1986 it was hailed as a modern classic. Fiona MacCarthy wrote in The Times that, ‘the book is a large and grandiose life history, a passionate narrative of extremes of experience.’ Jeremy Round called Patience Gray ‘the high priestess of cooking’, whose book ‘pushes the form of the cookery book as far as it can go.’ Angela Carter remarked that ‘it was less a cookery book that a summing-up of the genre of the late-modern British cookery book.’ The work has attracted a cult following in the United States, where passages have been read out at great length on the radio; and it has been anthologized by Paul Levy in The Penguin Book of Food and Drink. It was given a special award by the André Simon Book Prize committee in 1987.

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