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From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.

Before Stanley Tucci became a household name with The Devil Wears Prada, The Hunger Games, and the perfect Negroni, he grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the recipes and into the stories behind them.

Taste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about growing up in Westchester, New York, preparing for and filming the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia, falling in love over dinner, and teaming up with his wife to create conversation-starting meals for their children. Each morsel of this gastronomic journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burnt dishes, is as heartfelt and delicious as the last.

Written with Stanley's signature wry humor and nostalgia, Taste is a heartwarming read that will be irresistible for anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal.

© Stanley Tucci 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

An instant classic . . . 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
A brilliant food-led memoir from the all-round gem, Stanley Tucci. It's a love letter to food and a life lived in the pursuit of the good things
Anna Jones, Author of 'One Pot, Pan, Planet'
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
Tucci, as all the world knows by now, likes to eat and drink . . . His memoir, however, takes his passion to another level . . . The world needs more men like this
Observer
A divine celebration of food, Italy and life, this joyous memoir from the popular actor is a real treat
Woman & Home
Moving, funny and greedy . . . If food is everything to you, you'll love it
Diana Henry, Sunday Telegraph
His descriptions of the Italian food he grew up with, woven through with family stories and the recipes he's encountered on his travels, will leave you hungry - and in no doubt that this is a man who knows both how to eat and how to live
Guardian
A delicious foodie memoir . . . An intimate reflection on the intersection between food and life
Irish Daily Mirror
Incredibly seductive ... A warm and lovely book
Financial Times, Best Books of 2022: Food and Drink

User Reviews

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I was unsure if this would work as an audiobook as it has recipes, but it really does. Stanley Tucci is so personable and charismatic he can read me the phone book and I’d listen. This is a great memoir about his loves and life through his memory of food. Highly recommend.
porky2468 07/03/2026
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hannahpeters 19/01/2024

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