The Saffron Pear Tree and other Kitchen Memories
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"Food and kitchens and the cycle of life:Three generations of a South African family come to life in this warm memoir of cozy kitchens, memorable places, quirky characters and soul food. Zuretha Roos draws on the memories of the abundant farm kitchens of her Hex River Valley childhood, happy Stellenbosch student days and the, sometimes challenging, world of marriage and young motherhood in seventies' Johannesburg to become an accomplished cook and magazine food editor. In amongst the pots and pans, busy city life is pleasantly interrupted by holidays in Hermanus, idyllic sojourns at Keurboomstrand and weekends on an isolated farm in the Waterberg. All is blissful, if not a little chaotic, until immense tragedy strikes and her once happy family has to come to terms with a brutal twist of fate... Woven together with trusted family recipes, these tales bring to mind a time when history was shaped over strong cups of coffee and food came from the earth, the ocean and a mother's heart.
| Author | Zuretha Roos |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Struik Pub |
| Place | London |
| Year | 2005 |
| ISBN | 9781770070387 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Comments | Yellowed pages |
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