Café Alba - A Dream of Nuts and Chocolate (Vol.1)

A young woman. A delicious recipe. The magic of Piedmont

Alba in Piedmont, 1946. Sixteen-year-old Francesca’s heart beats faster as she arrives in the city. A winemaker’s daughter, she has come to work as a housemaid for the Milani family who run the famous Café Alba. She enjoys her work, and feels herself magically drawn to the bakery with its sweet aromas. An unexpected event brings her closer to the Milanis’ son Matteo, and one day he confides in her that the café is on the brink of ruin due to the enormous increases in the cost of ingredients. One of its competitors is already sniffing around. But then Francesca remembers the grove of nut trees in her rural home. And she has an idea that will have momentous consequences not only for Café Alba ...

In the 1940s, a young woman fulfils her dream and develops a successful recipe using nuts and chocolate

A gripping story about a family-run business set in atmospheric Piedmont