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Taste : my life through food / Stanley Tucci.

Tucci, Stanley, (author.).

Summary:
Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the compelling stories behind them. Taste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about growing up in Westchester, New York; preparing for and shooting the foodie films Big Night and Julia & Julia; falling in love over dinner; and teaming up with his wife to create meals for multitudes of children. Each morsel of this gastronomic journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burned dishes, is as heartfelt and delicious as the last. Not many people know the man behind Stanley's characters, but his story is worthy of a movie. With the authority of a wise uncle - and a few interstitial recipes, because he just can't help himself - he walks us through his life: school lunches his classmates envied, waiting tables before his first big break, eating on film sets, the devastating loss of his first wife, and meeting his wife, Felicity, through his The Devil Wears Prada costar. Written with Stanley's signature wry humor, Taste is for fans of Bill Buford, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Ruth Reichl - and anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982168018
  • ISBN: 1982168013
  • Physical Description: 291 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2021.
Subject: Tucci, Stanley > Family.
Cooking, Italian > Anecdotes.
Food writers > United States > Biography.
Actors > United States > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 50 of 53 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 53 total copies.
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Abington Community Library 92 TUCCI (Text) 50687011747238 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 92 TUCCI (Text) 50686016102092 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 92 TUCCI (Text) 50686016113263 Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 04/01/2024
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library B TUC (Text) 37268003122611 AHMFL Biography Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 641.5092 TUC (Text) 33240004940766 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library B Tuc (Text) 00150613 ADULT Biography Available -
Bangor Public Library B 92 TUC (Text) 75011000370012 Adult Biography Available -
Bedford County Library B TUCCI (Text) 35010001091741 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library TUC (Text) 33249024488482 Biography Available -
Boyertown Community Library 641.5 TUC (Text) 33249024854329 Non-fiction Available -

Summary: Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the compelling stories behind them. Taste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about growing up in Westchester, New York; preparing for and shooting the foodie films Big Night and Julia & Julia; falling in love over dinner; and teaming up with his wife to create meals for multitudes of children. Each morsel of this gastronomic journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burned dishes, is as heartfelt and delicious as the last. Not many people know the man behind Stanley's characters, but his story is worthy of a movie. With the authority of a wise uncle - and a few interstitial recipes, because he just can't help himself - he walks us through his life: school lunches his classmates envied, waiting tables before his first big break, eating on film sets, the devastating loss of his first wife, and meeting his wife, Felicity, through his The Devil Wears Prada costar. Written with Stanley's signature wry humor, Taste is for fans of Bill Buford, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Ruth Reichl - and anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal.

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