Amber Guinness is an English cook and food writer who lives in

Florence, Italy. She was born in London but raised at Arniano, the

Tuscan farmhouse her parents restored near Siena. She has a first

class Masters degree in History and Italian from the University of

Edinburgh, and has worked as a cook in both London and Italy.

Amber's first book, A House Party in Tuscany, featured recipes

and stories from her internationally acclaimed residential painting

school at Arniano. Italian Coastal is her second book. Amber is

married with a son.

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