{"product_id":"crazy-in-the-kitchen-louise-desalvo-9781582344706","title":"Crazy in the Kitchen: Foods, Feuds, and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003eLouise 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\u003eA 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise DeSalvo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1582344701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582344706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.52w x 0.78d","brand":"Louise DeSalvo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979247780095,"sku":"9781582344706","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f99b9f1-b523-43b0-b59b-9a2b4cfe10c1.jpg?v=1683244589","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crazy-in-the-kitchen-louise-desalvo-9781582344706","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}