Title:
My American dream : a life of love, family, and food / by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich.
ISBN:
9781524731618
9781524731625
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
©2018
Physical Description:
viii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book."
Contents:
Giuliana -- Life in Busoler -- Nonna Rosa -- By the sea -- Safety in the courtyard -- Midnight visitor -- A new chapter begins -- "Apolidi" -- "Profughi" -- Finding my spirituality -- Taking flight -- Hotel Wolcott -- A kitchen with a view -- Bobby socks, saddle shoes, and poodle skirts -- Shoofly pie and succotash -- America the beautiful -- Finding home -- Taking a chance -- Villa Secondo -- Building Felidia -- Grand opening -- Table for two -- Feeding others -- feeding me -- Nonna Lidia -- Reflections -- Striking the balance -- Epilogue. Return to Campo San Sabba.
Summary:
The host of "Lidia's Kitchen" shares a memoir that traces her impoverished but loving upbringing under Tito's communist regime in Yugoslavia, her years as a refugee while trying to enter the United States, and her early start as a restaurant worker.
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Genre:
OCLC Number:
ocn999480977
Availability:
Lakeville - Heritage~1
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