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What I Ate in One Year

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What I Ate in One Year

Written by: Stanley Tucci
Narrated by: 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.

©2024 Stanley Tucci (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio
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Chapters far too short

Enjoyable listening and nothing too heavy. It took me awhile to get through it because I was reading it in between other more substantial books. This is more like diary entries and the chapters (if you can call them that) were incredibly brief. Stanley Tucci is a snob (food and otherwise) but as long as you go in acknowledging this you'll find it funny and in some areas poignant. December 28th is the best chapter in which he speaks about the fleeting passage of time.
It's not a great book but neither is it awful. Definitely not as interesting as his memoir Taste.

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Oh that voice..

Very interesting book and his voice is so maple syrup like...smooth and sweet ... makes this the perfect book to mellow out to.

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I love Stanley Tucci!

I love Stanley Tucci! I love his voice (so calming) and I love his writing style! I especially loved how he read one of his recipes à la e.e. cummings mode. Yes, that’s a lot of love for one author and it’s absolutely deserved. Now what are you waiting for…listen to Taste then What I Ate In One Year. You’ll be happy you did 😊

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