Crazy In The Kitchen Foods, Feuds, And Forgiveness In An Italian American Family

During 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.DeSalvo, Louise A. is the author of 'Crazy In The Kitchen Foods, Feuds, And Forgiveness In An Italian American Family', published 2005 under ISBN 9781582344706 and ISBN 1582344701.