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James Beard Award-winning author Laura Schenone undertakes a quest to retrieve her great grandmother's ravioli recipe, reuniting with relatives as she goes. In lyrical prose and delicious recipes, Schenone takes the reader on an unforgettable journey from the grit of New Jersey's industrial wastelands and the fast-paced disposable culture of its suburbs to the dramatically beautiful coast of Liguria—the family's homeland—with its pesto, smoked chestnuts, torte, and, most beloved of all, ravioli, the food of celebration and happiness. Schenone discovers the persistent importance of place, while offering a perceptive voice on immigration and ethnicity in its twilight. Along the way, she gives us the comedies and foibles of family life, a story of love and loss, a deeper understanding of the bonds between parents and children, and the mysteries of pasta, rolled into a perfect circle of gossamer dough.

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[A] solidly researched, lovingly written memoir-and a splendid detective story...This wonderfully intricate, rumpled, generous narrative would be a joy even without the final lagniappe of about two dozen hard-won recipes. -- Anne Mendelson - Saveur A culinary detective story, a family confessional, and a moving meditation on assimilation and authenticity. -- Vicki Hyman - Star-Ledger (New Jersey) Fascinating and memorable. -- Julie Kronenfel - Elle Lovely. -- Entertainment Weekly This is [a] feast for the mind and the heart, as well as the palate. -- Newsweek - Peg Tyre

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Laura Schenone is the author of The Dogs of Avalon, the James Beard Award-winning A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove and The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken. She writes for Saveur, New Jersey Monthly, and other magazines. She lives in New Jersey with her family and dog Lily.

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