Product Description
What I Ate in One Year
Author: Stanley Tucci
Format: Hardback
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The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
Winner of the British Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2025
Discover the mouthwatering follow-up to Stanley Tucci's bestselling memoir, Taste
'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 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.
Whether it's duck à l'orange eaten with fellow actors and cooked by singing Carmelite nuns, steaks barbecued at a gathering with friends, meatballs made by his mother and son and shared at the table with three generations of his family, these meals give shape and richness to his days.
'A hugely entertaining glimpse into a well-lived life full of fun, food, family, travel, work, passions and love. I adored every page' — Dolly Alderton
'This is a man who knows both how to eat and how to live' — Guardian
'Everyone wants to spend a day and share a meal with Stanley Tucci and this is the perfect way to do it ... A true joy' — Ina Garten
'Tucci's wit is dry as a martini; his observations as sharp as lemon tart' — Elizabeth Day
Stanley Tucci, Prime Time Emmy Winner 2023 and Sunday Times bestseller, March 2023
About the Author
Stanley Tucci is an actor, writer, director, and producer. He has directed five films and appeared in over seventy films, countless television shows, and a dozen plays on and off Broadway. He has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Tony, and a spoken word Grammy; is a winner of two Golden Globes and six Emmys; and has received numerous other critical and professional awards and accolades. A lover of all things culinary, Stanley wrote and directed Big Night, starred in Julie and Julia and is the host of three-time Emmy winning Searching for Italy. He is also pretty adept with a cocktail shaker. His memoir Taste: My Life Through Food is published by Fig Tree. He is also author of two cookbooks, The Tucci Table and The Tucci Cookbook.
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