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What I Ate in One Year

And Related Thoughts

by Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
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From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique memoir chronicling a year's worth of meals.
"Sharing food is one of the purest human acts."

Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci's life: from stracciatella soup served in the shadow of the Pantheon, to marinara sauce cooked between scene rehearsals and costume fittings, to home-made pizza eaten with his children before bedtime.

Now, in What I Ate in One Year Tucci records twelve months of eating—in restaurants, kitchens, film sets, press junkets, at home and abroad, with friends, with family, with strangers, and occasionally just by himself.

Ranging from the mouth-wateringly memorable to the comfortingly domestic and to the infuriatingly inedible, the meals memorialised in this diary are a prism for him to reflect on the ways his life, and his family, are constantly evolving. Through food he marks—and mourns—the passing of time, the loss of loved ones, and steels himself for what is to come.

Whether it's duck a l'orange eaten with fellow actors and cooked by singing Carmelite nuns, steaks barbequed at a gathering with friends, or meatballs made by his mother and son and shared at the table with three generations of his family, these meals give shape and add emotional richness to his days.

What I Ate in One Year is a funny, poignant, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying serving of memories and meals and an irresistible celebration of the profound role that food plays in all our lives.

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    October 15, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9781797185002
      • File size: 231990 KB
      • Duration: 08:03:12

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Soon Stanley Tucci may be as famous as a food writer as he is as an actor. A nuanced narrator who plays with tone and tempo like a jazz musician, he knows how to be ironic, self-effacing, witty, and charming, yet his performance is most satisfying because of his restraint. Often he describes a dish as simply "delicious" rather than extolling its virtues. Happily, this candid diary-like memoir does not contain every day's meals, meetings, outings, parentings. Tucci is a creative gourmand who is mischievous (he whispers his preparation of pigeon breasts) and masterfully ends each section with suggestions, recipes, appreciations, and observations. Since he's an Italophile and pasta devotee, his greatest love is, of course, la cucina Italiana. A.D.M. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      March 7, 2025

      Actor and author Stanley Tucci (Taste: My Life Through Food) tells the story of his life experiences in 2023 through a recounting of the foods he ate, as well as the company he kept and the places he went while eating. Tucci travels the world filming movies, attending charity events, and enjoying time with his wife and children, all while eating everything from escargot to eggplant and so, so much pasta. While some chapters are brief food diary entries, others are in-depth accounts of the family and friends, both famous and not, who joined him at the table. In this self-narrated audiobook, one might anticipate more dramatic flair from the award-winning actor, but Tucci gives a very sedate, straightforward reading. Though his candid critiques and complaints sometimes come off as pretentious, he also offers relatable stories, such as pouring his heart into the preparation of homemade pesto only to have his picky child refuse to taste it. VERDICT This audio will appeal to listeners seeking a self-described "snooty" celebrity memoir that chronicles a year in the kitchen, and in a life. Recommended for fans of Ina Garten's Be Ready When the Luck Happens and Tom Colicchio's Why I Cook.--Lauren Hackert

      Copyright 2025 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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