From the best-selling cookbook author, beloved and award-winning television personality, and hugely successful restaurateur--a heartwarming, emotional, revelatory memoir told with all her hallmark warmth and gusto.
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich is an Emmy Award-winning Public Television host and best-selling author of eleven cookbooks and three children's books. She is the chef/owner of four acclaimed New York City restaurants-Felidia, Becco, Esca, and Del Posto. With her daughter, Tanya Bastianich Manuali, she operates Lidia's Pittsburgh and Lidia's Kansas City. She runs Becco, Esca and Del Posto with her son, Joe Bastianich. She opened Eataly, the largest artisanal Italian food and wine marketplace, in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and S o Paulo, Brazil, with Joe and others. She is also, with Tanya, co-founder and president of Tavola Productions and has her own pasta and sauce line sold nationwide. www.lidiasitaly.com
"A touching (and timely) read."
—New York Journal of Books
"It paints a loving and often mouth-watering picture of her
culinary adventures."
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Restaurateur, cookbook author, and TV host Bastianich offers an
ebullient, nostalgic memoir of her journey to success... A warm
story of a life buoyed by resilience, determination, love of
family, and food."
—Kirkus
"Chef and restaurateur Bastianich offers a look into her culinary
background in this charming memoir… Through her lyrical prose, she
also encourages readers to find the bright side of any situation.
This is a welcome addition to any food lover’s library."
—Publisher’s Weekly
"In this memoir, restaurateur, television star, and cookbook author
Bastianich personifies the American dream. …the grande dame of
Italian cooking in America... Bastianich’s story holds even more
significance for her triumph in a male- dominated industry."
—Starred Booklist Review
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