The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken - A Search for Food and Family
Laura Schenone
W. W. Norton (2008)
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Autobiography
Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Cooking (Pasta), Cooking, Italian, Stuffed Foods (Cooking)
Paperback 9780393334234
English
James Beard Award-winning author Laura Schenone undertakes a quest to retrieve her great grandmother's ravioli recipe, reuniting with relatives as she goes. In lyrical prose and delicious recipes, Schenone takes the reader on an unforgettable journey from the grit of New Jersey's industrial wastelands and the fast-paced disposable culture of its suburbs to the dramatically beautiful coast of Liguria--the family's homeland--with its pesto, smoked chestnuts, torte, and, most beloved of all, ravioli, the food of celebration and happiness. Schenone discovers the persistent importance of place, while offering a perceptive voice on immigration and ethnicity in its twilight. Along the way, she gives us the comedies and foibles of family life, a story of love and loss, a deeper understanding of the bonds between parents and children, and the mysteries of pasta, rolled into a perfect circle of gossamer dough.
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Dewey 641
Cover Price $15.95
No. of Pages 352
Height x Width 8.2 x 5.5  inch
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