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Underbrush Book Club

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"Stanley Tucci’s writing is both blunt and beautiful: he gets to the point, but makes me hungrier with every sentence. What I expected to be a tasty memoir focused on food was so much more than that, and it resonated with me more than I could have imagined." - Dom

From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique memoir chronicling a year’s worth of meals.

“Sharing food is one of the purest human acts.”

Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci’s life: from stracciatella soup served in the shadow of the Pantheon, to marinara sauce cooked between scene rehearsals and costume fittings, to home-made pizza eaten with his children before bedtime.

Now, in What I Ate in One Year Tucci records twelve months of eating—in restaurants, kitchens, film sets, press junkets, at home and abroad, with friends, with family, with strangers, and occasionally just by himself.

Ranging from the mouth-wateringly memorable to the comfortingly domestic and to the infuriatingly inedible, the meals memorialised in this diary are a prism for him to reflect on the ways his life, and his family, are constantly evolving. Through food he marks—and mourns—the passing of time, the loss of loved ones, and steels himself for what is to come.

Whether it’s duck a l’orange eaten with fellow actors and cooked by singing Carmelite nuns, steaks barbequed at a gathering with friends, or meatballs made by his mother and son and shared at the table with three generations of his family, these meals give shape and add emotional richness to his days.

What I Ate in One Year is a funny, poignant, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying serving of memories and meals and an irresistible celebration of the profound role that food plays in all our lives.
  • November book pick
  • Book club discussion guide
  • Access to our monthly meetings
  • Underbrush tote-bag (First time members only)
  • Ships for free each month

    Boxes will begin shipping on 11/6. The in-person meeting will take place on Monday, December 9th at 6:45 CST at Underbrush Books in Rogers.

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