My Secret Book Food Writing & Reference in ways big and small

in ways big and small

—Warren L

and deciding which boys are cuter in their yearbook photos than in real life

A fresh and invaluable Tale of Genji for those of us reuniting with a familiar friend and those encountering it for the very first time

Wear warm socks to bed

My Secret Book Food Writing & Reference in ways big and smallFrancesco Petrarca (13041374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive literary Latin, the language of the Roman Empire, and Greco Roman culture in general. My Secret Book (Secretum) records "the private conflict of my thoughts," in the form of a dialogue between Franciscus and Augustinus in the presence of a beautiful woman, Truth personified. The discussion reveals remarkable self