The Wedding Officer

Part Three

“In pursuit of certain lusty gratifications of the palate, no ingredient can take you further than beans.”

Marcella Hazan, Marcella’s Kitchen

“The humble bean (fagioli) for generations scorned by everybody but the lowest classes has risen to a delicacy which can only be afforded by the rich at 150 lire per kilo as compared with a lira or less in normal times.”

Memo, Public Health Dept, AMG Region 3, 1943