Taste: My Life Through Food
Ratings63
Average rating4.3
My non-fiction November read. This book is a gem. I already loved his acting and his docuseries Searching for Italy. This book absolutely solidified my admiration and affection for Stanley Tucci. What an interesting guy- such a colorful family - both the one that he came from and the one he's created. He takes us through growing up in New York and his mother's incredible cooking prowess. He talks about his classic film Big Night that is an absolute culinary feast. He takes us to movie sets and through Covid. Then right at the end he takes us through his almost unbearable health scare. What a story! All of it. Just so good. Plus recipes sprinkled throughout! Chef's Kiss Stanley. Truly.
Stanley Tucci is a gift. I listened to this book, read by the author, and it was a delight. I will likely buy the book just to have the recipes, because they all sound delicious.
This left me even more endeared to a public figure that I didn't believe I could be more endeared to.
Glorious!
A journey through the highs and lows of the author's life from the viewpoint of food, and how it has influenced and moulded him.
I had to keep putting the book down so I could go and cook something!
Easy digestible stories and recipes. If you're a foodie, don't read it unless you've just had an amazing Italian dish and you're sipping a cold martini.
Actor Stanley Tucci tells the story of his life through the food he has eaten and loved.
Stanley Tucci has such a wonderful way with words and tells of his life through food with wit, charm and pace.
although he talks about his family with more fondness than i do mine, it was a bit surreal hearing him lay out those unnecessarily tense conversations about nothing important with relatives & it sound exactly like every conversation i've had & been an audience to with the italian side of my family. i always felt a little insane growing up around them but maybe it's just an italian american kind of neuroses
I know that after reading this book I'm still incapable of cooking, but I at least had a sexual reawakening hearing Stanley Tucci read aloud pasta recipes.
Highly recommend the audio version so you can hear Stanely Tucci read it. His descriptions are delightful and his use of alliteration is often humorous. I might buy a physical copy of the book just for the recipes!