Book of the Month for November is Taste (My Life Through Food) by Stanley Tucci. It’s just come out in paperback (I know as I have been stalking it) and is a change of pace for the #BookOfTheMonth feature as it is a memoir. If you’ve enjoyed Tucci’s Searching for Italy series, loved him in The Devil Wears Prada or simply can’t get enough of all things food then have a go at answering the Book Club questions at the end of the month. In the meantime here is a snippet of what you are letting yourself in for:
Taste – the blurb
From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
Before Stanley Tucci became a household name with The Devil Wears Prada, The Hunger Games, and the perfect Negroni, he grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the 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 recipes and into the 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 filming the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia, falling in love over dinner, and teaming up with his wife to create conversation-starting meals for their children. Each morsel of this gastronomic journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burnt dishes, is as heartfelt and delicious as the last.
Written with Stanley’s signature wry humor and nostalgia, Taste is a heartwarming read that will be irresistible for anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal.
Join Us…
I will be sharing my Big Review of Taste on the last Friday of the month. A series of Book Club questions will also be around for you to answer on the last Thursday. Don’t wait until then though, I would love to know your marks out of ten as soon as you have read it. So grab your copy and read along with me.