My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food - Softcover

Bastianich, Lidia Matticchio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0525431985 ISBN 13: 9780525431985

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2019

Synopsis

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's story begins with her upbringing in Pula, a formerly Italian city turned Yugoslavian under Tito's communist regime. She enjoys a childhood surrounded by love and security--despite the family's poverty--learning everything about Italian cooking from her beloved grandmother, Nonna Rosa. When the communist regime begins investigating the family, they flee to Trieste, Italy, where they spend two years in a refugee camp waiting for visas to enter the United States--an experience that will shape Lidia for the rest of her life. At age 12, Lidia starts a new life in New York. She soon begins working in restaurants as a young teenager, the first step toward the creation of her own American dream. And she tells in great, vivid detail the fulfillment of that dream: her close-knit family, her dedication and endless passion for food that ultimately leads to multiple restaurants, many cookbooks, and twenty years on public television as the host of her own cooking show. An absolute must-have for the millions of Lidia fans.

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Review:

"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

"it is 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

About the Author:

LIDIA MATTICCHIO BASTIANICH is the author of thirteen cookbooks and the Emmy award-winning host of public television's Lidia's Kitchen, which also airs internationally. She is also a judge on MasterChef Junior Italy and Italy's highly rated daily program La Prova del Cuoco. Lidia owns Felidia, Becco, several other restaurants, and is a partner in the acclaimed Eataly. She lives on Long Island, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0525431985
• ISBN 13: 9780525431985
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352