Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

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  • A Negroni-up (page 9)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Cocktails / drinks (with alcohol); Italian
    • Ingredients: gin; Campari; sweet vermouth; oranges
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  • Pasta con aglio e olio (page 17)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Main course; Italian; Vegetarian; Vegan
    • Ingredients: garlic; olive oil; spaghetti pasta; paprika
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  • Eggs with tomato (page 18)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Egg dishes; Main course; Cooking for 1 or 2; Italian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: onions; canned tomatoes; eggs
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  • Tropiano bottled tomato sauce (page 29)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Sauces, general; Cooking ahead; Italian; Vegetarian; Vegan
    • Ingredients: tomatoes; basil
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  • Tomato salad (page 46)

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    • Categories: Dressings & marinades; Salads; Side dish; Italian; Vegetarian; Vegan
    • Ingredients: tomatoes; EVOO; basil
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  • Ragù Tucci (page 71)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Cooking ahead; Italian
    • Ingredients: stewing beef; country-style pork ribs; onions; dry red wine; tomato paste; canned tomatoes; basil; oregano
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  • Spaghetti with lentils (page 75)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Main course; Italian; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: carrots; onions; celery; brown lentils; spaghetti pasta; marinara sauce
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  • Timpano (page 110)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Pasta, baked; Pies, tarts & pastries; Main course; Christmas; Cooking for a crowd; Italian
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; eggs; ziti pasta; Genoa salami; sharp provolone cheese; stewing beef; country-style pork ribs; onions; dry red wine; tomato paste; tomatoes; basil; oregano; hard-boiled eggs; meatballs; pecorino Romano cheese
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  • A Christmas cocktail (page 120)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Cocktails / drinks (with alcohol); Christmas
    • Ingredients: pomegranate seeds; Ketel One vodka; Cointreau; cranberry juice; pomegranate juice
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  • Pizzoccheri (page 136)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Main course; Italian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: Savoy cabbage; Valtellina casera; yellow potatoes; butter; garlic; pizzoccheri pasta; Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
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  • Carbonara (page 138)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Main course; Italian
    • Ingredients: guanciale; eggs; pecorino Romano cheese; spaghetti pasta
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  • Spaghetti alla bottarga (page 141)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Main course; Italian
    • Ingredients: spaghetti pasta; garum; lemon zest; capers; breadcrumbs; dried anchovies; bottarga
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  • Frittata (page 153)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Egg dishes; Main course; Cooking for 1 or 2; Italian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: eggs; Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
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  • A pause for a libation: the old-fashioned (page 157)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Cocktails / drinks (with alcohol)
    • Ingredients: simple syrup; Angostura bitters; rye whiskey
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  • Pino Posteraro's Parmigiano stock (page 196)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Stocks; Italian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: Parmigiano Reggiano cheese rind; bay leaves
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  • Pino Posteraro's fettuccine with ragout alla Bolognese (page 197)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Main course; Italian
    • Ingredients: Parmigiano Reggiano cheese rind; bay leaves; carrots; celery; rosemary; sage; thyme; dried porcini mushrooms; ground beef; tomato paste; dry white wine; oranges; chicken stock; egg fettuccine pasta; Grana Padano cheese
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  • The martini (page 201)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Cocktails / drinks (with alcohol)
    • Ingredients: dry vermouth; gin
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  • Felicity's "Rule, Britannia" roast potatoes (page 217)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Side dish; British; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: russet potatoes
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  • Joan and Stan's (safely) roasted potatoes (page 218)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Side dish; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: Yukon Gold potatoes; garlic; rosemary; oregano
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  • The brine of Adam (page 226)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Dressings & marinades; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: lemons; bay leaves; garlic; thyme; black peppercorns; dried red pepper flakes
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  • The chimichurri of Perry Lang (page 229)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Sauces for meat; Argentinian; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: oregano; parsley; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Fish stew (page 236)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Stews & one-pot meals; Main course
    • Ingredients: mussels; vongole clams; fish stock; garlic; onions; tomatoes; basil; white wine; shrimp; cod; monkfish; parsley
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  • Spaghetti con zucchine alla Nerano (page 244)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Main course; Italian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: sunflower oil; zucchini; basil; spaghetti pasta; Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
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  • Pasta alla Norma (page 251)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Main course; Italian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: eggplants; marinara sauce; rigatoni pasta; basil; ricotta salata cheese
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  • Simple chicken stock (page 253)

    from Taste: My Life Through Food Taste by Stanley Tucci

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stocks; Cooking ahead
    • Ingredients: chicken carcass; whole chicken; mixed peppercorns; yellow onions; red onions; celery; carrots; parsley; bay leaves; rosemary; thyme
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  • Ragù Tucci

    • IvyManning on September 02, 2023

      The recipe is vague. What is "medium cubes"? Country style ribs do not include the bone, but in the essay he says to use pork rubs with the bone. In the end, the sauce was very thin and it took much longer than 2 hours for the "medium" pieces of meat to be tender. Hard nope on this one.

  • Joan and Stan's (safely) roasted potatoes

    • lean1 on May 29, 2022

      I made this with fresh rosemary from my golden. I made half the amount and it cooked for 1 hour 15 min and was perfect. Crisp on the outside creamy on the inside. Loved it. I new favorite.

  • Spaghetti con zucchine alla Nerano

    • catmummery on October 21, 2023

      i love love love this. It takes time but is so worth it. incredibly rich and creamy yet so few ingredients.

  • Spaghetti with lentils

    • TinyCitiKitchen on July 19, 2023

      This might be the best ever cheap meal for a crowd. Easy, inexpensive, and packed with flavor.

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  • ISBN 10 1982168013
  • ISBN 13 9781982168018
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  • Published Oct 05 2021
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 320
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Gallery

Publishers Text

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, NY, 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 for readers of Bill Buford, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Ruth Reichl—and anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal.



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