Will I love Taste?

I loved this book so much that I finished it and immediately started it over again! Growing up Italian, I could more than relate to what the author was writing about.

His passion for food, Italian living, and family touched every part of my heart. It was as though I was being shown a mirror of how I grew up, how my family cooked and ate, and how we interacted with each other. It was like watching a home movie of my life.

Stanley Tucci makes this book personal. He connects to any reader that loves the world of cooking and entertaining friends at his table and who loves to travel, too. He takes the reader into his personal life, not just memories of his good times, but his errors, too. He’s honest. He’s intriguing, letting you know who he truly is. He loves his life, all of it, and he passes that love onto you.

When I was young, I remember watching Tucci in the film Big Night, in which he plays an Italian chef in the 1950s, preparing the ultimate meal for a celebrity guest. The film seemed like such a lush love letter to Italian cooking (the sort of Italian cooking my own mother made, and which I grew up with) and Tucci seemed so invested in it I wasn’t surprised to learn he’s a giant foodie. This lovely memoir is all about how food has helped shape his life, from helping his mother to deepening his relationship with his wife. Just… show more.