Taste

It's impossible to read this without becoming ravenous! * Nigella Lawson * An instant classic, Stanley Tucci's TASTE is as captivating, simple, charming and insanely moreish as the best Italian food. Take it to bed with you and you will fall asleep dreaming you're in Italy. But take it to the kitchen and you will find yourself using it as often as a pan or a peeler. * Stephen Fry * It is as infectious as it is delicious, as funny as it is insightful. The only reason to put this book down, is to go cook and eat from it' * Heston Blumenthal * A delicious story of appetite, family and pasta. A serious amount of pasta. In this gloriously written memoir, the ever tasteful Stanley Tucci invites us to his table and feeds us all the good stuff. * Jay Rayner * This is a book I shall have in my kitchen, by the bed and in my suitcase whenever I travel to Italy. I plan to buy at least three for myself and my friends, and suggest you do too. * Ruth Rogers, The River Cafe * Funny, heart-breaking, fascinating, intimate and beautifully-written * Kate Mosse, author of 'An Extra Pair of Hands' * This superb book...Taste enriches the reader and establishes Tucci as one of the wisest and most generous personalities of our time. * Roger Lewis, Daily Mail * The man, the myth, The Devil Wears Prada legend Stanley Tucci has blessed our hungry souls with a food memoir to feed our mounting appetite for the actor and cook's wit, warmth and, let's face it: tight polo shirts. He divulges some of his most treasured memories and stories behind favourite recipes - prepare to feel bereaved when it's over. * Joanna Taylor, Evening Standard * Makes you want to draw up a chair at their kitchen table, be part of their family, dive in and eat the food * Delicious, on 'The Tucci Table' * A love letter to his Italian culinary heritage, his wife's classic English cooking, and all the people who matter most in their lives * The Times, on 'The Tucci Table' *