Very few people know about Maria Callas’s passion for cooking and fine cuisine. The “Divina” was passionate about music, but also in love with a luxurious lifestyle and good food.
For the first time, unknown aspects of the diva’s private life come to light: the dishes she preferred, the countless cookbooks she collected, which formed a small library, her handwritten recipe notebooks, and various recipes offered to her by famous chefs from around the world—all carefully preserved in her library.
Arrigo Cipriani, owner of the famous Harry’s Bar, Elsa Maxwell, Nela Rubinstein, and Chrysa Paradeisi all played their own role in shaping the diva’s gastronomic preferences. So did Onassis, Casanova, Meneghini, and the Grimaldis of Monaco, contributing to what she herself considered the art of la dolce vita.
The book also includes rich photographic material from her private life: her visits to major restaurants, her social circles, her moments of entertainment, and her cooking in her own kitchen.
