The Summer of My Greek Taverna Lib/E: A Memoir
Tom Stone went to Greece one summer to write a novel-and stayed twenty-two years. On the tiny idyllic island of Patmos, he fell in love with a beautiful French painter, married, and had two children. Seven years later, he moved his family to Crete for a teaching job, but his heart was still in Patmos; so when a Patmian friend offered him a summer partnership at his taverna, he jumped at the chance. But his wife warned him not to forget the old adage about Greeks bearing gifts. At The Beautiful Helen, hard work and very long hours were tempered by Stone's growing reputation as a cook and the promise of enormous profits in August. But his illusions were shattered with the realization that his partner had been cheating him out of thousands of dollars. Featuring Stone's recipes, The Summer of My Greek Taverna is a grand, humorous, and sometimes bittersweet adventure of a modern-day innocent pursuing his dreams in a foreign land.
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"This nicely told memoir and travelogue is interspersed with Stone's recipes, sensual descriptions of food and place, and the love of his wife and children."
-- "Publishers Weekly"James sounds fittingly innocent and enthusiastic as he begins reading this engaging memoir.
-- "Booklist"[A] brief but charming travelogue with recipes.
-- "Library Journal"Stone is eminently capable of setting the scene and telling a story...[A] wistful, bittersweet odyssey of a bad business deal.
-- "Kirkus Reviews"Stone describes the beauty and charm of the island, with much attention to the food served at the tavernaReader James reflects the intensely personal and emotional nature-by turns warm, pensive, angry-of the story.
-- "Kliatt"