BOOK REVIEW: TASTE: MY LIFE THROUGH FOOD

TASTE:  My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci
Gallery Books, 2021
$28.00

If you ever wanted to sit down with the incredible Stanley Tucci, drink a glass of wine, share a meal, and hear stories of his life and adventures of discovery then this is the book to savor.  It is filled with the anecdotes, recipes, joys, sorrows, ups and downs of a life well-loved as well as an exploration of his ongoing love of food.  Especially, his love of Italian food, the food of his ancestors.
 
We started our introduction to with TASTE: My Life Through Food while enjoying a @smithsoniaSA webinar featuring the incredible Barefoot Contessa:  @inagarten as she interviews @stanleytucci at his home in London.  The book had not yet been delivered but we were hooked.  Ina Garten is such a joy, yet to watch her literally “fan girl” over Stanley Tucci was fantastic and worth the cost of admission. By the way, if you’ve never experienced a @smithsonianSA webinar, do yourself a favor and check them out!
 
We picked up this copy at our favorite bookseller, THE WEBSTER GROVES BOOKSHOP - Home and we devoured it just as we have devoured many of the recipes held inside. It’s one of those books.  Hard to categorize.  Cookbook?  Yes!  Memoir? You bet!  But really, it’s like sitting down and having an intimate conversation with a true legend and being taken on a ride through their lives all while enjoying wine and food vicariously through them.  What could be better?
 
Stanley Tucci’s life could and should be a movie.  He’s lived so much for someone who is just now entering his 60s.  He still has so much to give, and we look forward to watching his continued journey.