Mary Taylor Simeti

Mary Taylor Simeti was born and brought up in New York City. In 1962 she went to Sicily, where she married and raised two children. Her books are the acclaimed SICILIAN FOOD (Grub Street '99), ON PERSEPHONE'S ISLAND (Bantam, '01), the forthcoming TRAVELS WITH A MEDIEVAL QUEEN (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, '02) and BITTER ALMONDS with Maria Grammatico. A respected food writer who occasionally contributes to the New York Times, Mary lives in Sicily with her husband Tonino.

MARIA GRAMMATICO's famous pastry shop, the Pasticceria Maria Grammatico, can be found on via Vittorio Emanuele in Erice, Sicily.

Books by Mary Taylor Simeti

Bitter Almonds

Mary Taylor Simeti, Maria Grammatico

Part-memoir, part-recipe book, BITTER ALMONDS tells Maria Grammatico's fascinating story and features 46 classic Sicilian recipes written down for the first time.