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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

ISBN-100525588744

ISBN-139780525588740

eBay Product ID (ePID)240430446

Product Key Features

Book TitleMy American Dream : Alife of Love, Family, and Food

Publication Year2018

TopicCulinary, General, Regional & Ethnic / Italian, Essays & Narratives

LanguageEnglish

GenreCooking, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorLidia Matticchio Bastianich

FormatCompact Disc

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 In.

Item Length6 In.

Item Weight9.2 Oz

Item Width5.1 In.

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsRestaurateur, 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, "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

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes10 vols.

Dewey Decimal641.5092

Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition

SynopsisFor decades, beloved chef Lidia Bastianich has introduced Americans to Italian food through her cookbooks, TV shows, and restaurants. Now, in My American Dream, she tells her own story for the very first time. Born in Pula, on the Istrian peninsula, Lidia grew up surrounded by love and security, learning the art of Italian cooking from her beloved grandmother. But when Istria was annexed by a communist regime, Lidia's family fled to Trieste, where they spent two years in a refugee camp waiting for visas to enter the United States. When she finally arrived in New York, Lidia soon began working in restaurants, the first step on a path that led to her becoming one of the most revered chefs and businesswomen in the country. Heartwarming, deeply personal, and powerfully inspiring, My American Dream is the story of Lidia's close-knit family and her dedication and endless passion for food., 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.