Cucina Tipica: An Italian Adventure The Italian Adventures Paperback Andrew Cotto

from Dreesie

Thank you to LibraryThing and Black Rose Writing, who provided me with a digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. --- When I requested this book from LibraryThing, I thought it was a memoir. "An Italian Adventure"! A cinghiale on the cover! The hand-drawn cover artwork! The Ital...

from TheHappylittlelady

Cucina Tipica: An Italian Adventure is very descriptive. The author went into great detail with the charachters and their backstorys for several chapters. Our main man sent a badly worded message which backfires, all over his life. Basically, consumes the charachters life. He relocates to start o...

from landschaft_archt

Author Andrew Cotto introduces us to Jacoby Pines, an American millennial embarking on an extended stay in Tuscany. His story describes the unique Italian culture and landscape of the region south of Florence. First we digest the backstory of how Jacoby finds himself staying in a barn outside Ant...

from MBinSC

This book was a delight! A colorful armchair adventure through Tuscany, with vivid descriptions of the food and scenery. Add in a fun storyline and interesting characters, and the overall experience was thoroughly enjoyable. Some minor editing (parameter/perimeter, attach/attack, here/hear, etc.)...

from melissajerome

I enjoyed this book, laughed out loud in a couple places (the transvestite club was a highlight!), and thought the characters were sympathetic and well drawn. The use of Italian dialog in a few places caused me to pause though since I couldn't always figure out what was being said so lost a bit o...