{"product_id":"crazy-in-the-kitchen-book-louise-desalvo-9781582344706","title":"Crazy in the Kitchen","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring Louise DeSalvo's childhood in 1950s New Jersey, the kitchen becomes the site for fierce generational battle. Louise's step-grandmother insists on recreating the domestic habits of her Southern Italian peasant upbringing, clashing with Louise's convenience-food-loving mother; Louise, meanwhile, dreams of cooking perfect fresh pasta in her own kitchen. But as Louise grows up to indulge in amazing food and travels to Italy herself, she arrives at a fuller and more compassionate picture of her own roots. And, in the process, she reveals that our image of the bounteous Italian American kitchen may exist in part to mask a sometimes painful history.\u003cbr\u003e Louise DeSalvo is a writer, professor, lecturer, and scholar who lives in New Jersey. Her many books include the memoirs \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBreathless\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAdultery\u003c\/i\u003e; the acclaimed biography \u003ci\u003eVirginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on her Life and Work\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWriting as a Way of Healing\u003c\/i\u003e. Recently, she edited Woolf's early novel \u003ci\u003eMelymbrosia\u003c\/i\u003e and coedited \u003ci\u003eThe Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e A Book Sense 76 pick in hardcover\u003cbr\u003e \"Louise DeSalvo packs about six courses of emotional wallop into her slim memoir...[Aovel \u003ci\u003eMelymbrosia\u003c\/i\u003e and coedited \u003ci\u003eThe Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e A Book Sense 76 pick in hardcover\u003cbr\u003e \"Louise DeSalvo packs about six courses of emotional wallop into her slim memoir...[Aovel \u003ci\u003eMelymbrosia\u003c\/i\u003e and coedited \u003ci\u003eThe Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e A Book Sense 76 pick in hardcover\u003cbr\u003e \"Louise DeSalvo packs about six courses of emotional wallop into her slim memoir...[Aovel \u003ci\u003eMelymbrosia\u003c\/i\u003e and coedited \u003ci\u003eThe Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e A Book Sense 76 pick in hardcover\u003cbr\u003e \"Louise DeSalvo packs about six courses of emotional wallop into her slim memoir...[A] tough, courageous story, one of hard-won wisdom and memory.\"-\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Illuminate[s] the difficulties of reconciling past and present...DeSalvo celebrates the table of her ancestors by savoring her own rediscovered history.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An affecting story of immigrants in America...These recollections are tinged with pain and beauty.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The dramatics of [DeSalvo's] youth, it seems, produced a superior, dedicated writer and a determined, devoted cook who may go a little crazy in the kitchen...[A] juicy, tender text, seasoned with fear, loathing, and love served Italian style.\"-\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCrazy in the Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e is in the \"Home\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50393351225617,"sku":"CIN1582344701A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50393354731793,"sku":"CIN1582344701G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51038014963985,"sku":"NIN9781582344706","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52153110233361,"sku":"CIN1582344701VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1582344701.jpg?v=1751466271","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/crazy-in-the-kitchen-book-louise-desalvo-9781582344706","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}