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“Amber Guinness is an inspired cook and hostess” - Loyd Grossman
“A stunning book in every way. Amber Guinness paints such a dreamy, evocative picture of her home in the Tuscan countryside and of the sumptuous feasts she cooks there. I long to be there with her and to eat everything in this book”
Amber Guinness is a cook, author and journalist living in Florence. She was born in London and brought up in Tuscany. She learned to cook at her mother’s side in the kitchen at Arniano, the farmhouse restored by her parents Jasper and Camilla. She went on to study History and Italian Literature at the University of Edinburgh, always working in her spare time as a cook for private events and photoshoots. In 2014, she co founded the Arniano Painting School, with her friend, the artist William Roper-Curzon. The courses are residential painting holidays take place across Europe and are centred around creativity and food, with William teaching guests to oil paint, and Amber cooking delicious meals for all. These luxury artist’s retreats have been featured in the New York Times, House & Garden, The Goop Gift Guide, The Telegraph and Spectator Life. Sample Amber’s food on one of our luxury artist’s retreats at her family home Arniano in Tuscany, or at Pylewell Park, William’s family home in Hampshire, England.
Amber’s debut cookbook ‘A House Party In Tuscany’ was published by Thames & Hudson in 2022
Her second book ‘Italian Coastal’ was published April 2024.
Amber’s third book ‘Winter in Tuscany’ will be released in September 2025 and is available to pre-order now.
“The cookbooks that stay with us tell a story. A House Party in Tuscany is one to treasure. Delicious recipes from a region I love and a chef I admire”
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Painting Courses at Arniano
“A truly beautiful book with food as colourful as paintings and thoughtful menus guided by the Tuscan seasons”