Cooking with Fernet Branca

James Hamilton-Paterson
Faber and Faber Ltd, 2005
ISBN: 0571227066

"Cooking with Fernet Branca" is a gleefully tasteless bad dream of modern Italy, told through the eyes of Gerald Samper - effete Englishman, culinary adventurer, and ghostwriter to the stars.

Trying to keep his neighbour away from him, Gerald Samper makes her some nice ice cream for a welcome dinner at her house:

Garlic and Fernet Branca Ice Cream
15 large cloves of garlic
150 mg granulated sugar
4 tablespoons cold double cream
1/4 pint Fernet Branca

Sounds good, doesn't it? Well, this is the least strange in a series of recipes. But don't worry, this is not a cook book but rather a highly entertaining tale of two people from different countries living in a third country... Do I need to say more?

James Hamilton-Peterson is a highly acclaimed author of non-fiction books. He actually got teh idea for this book when he moved to Italy himself. In contrast to Gerald Samper, he moved as far away from his next neighbour as possible...

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Tags: English, humor, novel