by Mary Contini
Angelo Pirocchi, Italian Arditi, Osprey, 2004
Rev. Msgr Gaetano Rossi, Memories of 1940, University of Glasgow, 1991
About the Author
DEAR OLIVIA
MARY CONTINI is based in Edinburgh and is a first-generation Italian Scot. As well as being a director of the famous Italian delicatessen Valvona & Crolla Ltd, she has written extensively for the Scotsman and appeared on many television and radio programmes, including co-presenting Scotland’s Larder on STV. She campaigns avidly to improve children’s diet and their experience of good food. Her previous books are Easy Peasy (with Pru Irvine) and Easy Peasy Sweetie Pie. Her most recent book, Dear Francesca, was shortlisted for the World Book Food awards. She is married with two daughters, Francesca and Olivia.
Copyright
First published in Great Britain in 2006 by
Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street,
Edinburgh, EH1 1TE
This digital edition first published in 2009
by Canongate Books
Copyright © Mary Contini, 2006
Photographs copyright © Mary Contini, 2006
Recipes copyright © Mary Contini, 2007
The moral rights of the author have been asserted
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available on
request from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84767 735 8
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