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My American dream : a life of love, family, and food  Cover Image Book Book

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
  • ISBN: 9781524731625
  • ISBN: 1524731625
  • Physical Description: viii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book."
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.
Subject: Bastianich, Lidia.
Cooks > United States > Biography.
Cooking, Italian.
World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > Istria (Croatia and Slovenia) > Biography.
Television cooking shows.
Restaurateurs > United States > Biography.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Erlanger Branch 641.5092 B326 2018 (Text) 33126022752731 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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