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Amarcord Marcella Remembers: The Remarkable Life Story Of The Woman Who Started Out Teaching Science In A Small Town In Italy, But Ended Up Teaching America How To Cook Italian (2008)

by Marcella Hazan(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061720739 (ISBN13: 9780061720734)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

HarperAudio

review 1: I am a foodie so I thought I would love this book. Even though a big fan, I felt it would have benefited from more editing. Marcella Hazan's early life is very interesting as are the war years and her first years in America. The first cooking class reminded me of my own experience with 5 other women traveling to someone's house for instruction and lunch very on target, very genuine. Once she gets successful, it was harder to keep going. I did finish it and realize I never want to be a chef.
review 2: Average. Too bad Ms. Hazen didn't have a talented grandnephew to write this as did Julia Child in her fantastic memoir, My Life in France. The beginning of the book is interesting as it is filled with memories of life in Italy during WWII, moving to New York ... moreas a nonEnglish speaker, and suchlike. However, once her career becomes food oriented the pace and interest level slows way down. I was especially put off by the way she justified her final break with Knopf by entering her book that compiled old recipes into an awards program designed to honor new books over the publisher's protests. She seemed to think that the fact that her cookbook won was justification enough when all it proved was that her celebrity made others overlook what the publisher very properly recognized: it was an old cookbook in new format. less

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