Sophia Lorens Recipes and Memories

Sophia Lorens Recipes and Memories

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One of the world’s most beloved actresses presents 100 of her favorite

family recipes, gathered from regions across Italy. From the bean soups of Tuscany to

risottos from Venice to Neapolitan pizzas, each recipe is complete and all are

accompanied by personal anecdotes. 125 photos.

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5 Stars

BookIdeas.com Book Reviewer Marie Jones says:
More than just a collection of family recipes, “Sophia Loren’s Recipes and

Memories” is a sumptuous and often intimate journey into the life of one of the world’s

classiest and most admired and loved movie stars. The 100 traditional and improvised

recipes are accompanied by insightful anecdotes about the movie business, acting,

family life, the art of cooking, and growing up in her home country of Italy, with gorgeous

photographs that bring Ms. Loren’s passion for her past, and her present, to glorious life.

With such a legendary acting career to her credit, Ms. Loren has met and worked

with many of the greats in the business, and she talks about her behind-the-scenes

experiences, peppered throughout the book in between the real highlights, the recipes

themselves. Many come from long-standing family traditions passed down from

generation to generation, but many are also more modern, improvised takes on Italian

dishes that Ms. Loren discovered on various locations of her many movies, or created

herself from her vast knowledge of the culinary arts (this is not her first cookbook!).

The photographs by Alison Harris chronicle the evolution of both Ms. Loren’s long

and illustrious career, and her home life in Italy and abroad, with lush and colorful glimpses

into a life centered around the pleasures of home and the family kitchen, as well as

behind the camera. That Ms. Loren loves food is obvious in this beautiful, coffee-table style

cookbook. That she loves life is even more so.

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