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My American dream : a life of love, family, and food / by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich.

Bastianich, Lidia, (author.).

Summary:

The host of "Lidia's Kitchen" shares a memoir that traces her impoverished but loving upbringing under Tito's communist regime in Yugoslavia, her years as a refugee while trying to enter the United States, and her early start as a restaurant worker.

Record details

ISBN: 9781524731618
ISBN: 1524731617
Physical Description: viii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Giuliana -- Life in Busoler -- Nonna Rosa -- By the sea -- Safety in the courtyard -- Midnight visitor -- A new chapter begins -- "Apolidi" -- "Profughi" -- Finding my spirituality -- Taking flight -- Hotel Wolcott -- A kitchen with a view -- Bobby socks, saddle shoes, and poodle skirts -- Shoofly pie and succotash -- America the beautiful -- Finding home -- Taking a chance -- Villa Secondo -- Building Felidia -- Grand opening -- Table for two -- Feeding others -- feeding me -- Nonna Lidia -- Reflections -- Striking the balance -- Epilogue. Return to Campo San Sabba.