Ebook {Epub PDF} The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family by Laura Schenone

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 4/5(7). Taking readers from New Jersey's industrial wastelands and fast-paced suburbs to the coast of Liguria—homeland of her ancestors and of ravioli—The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken is a story of the comedies and foibles of family life, of love and loss, of old homes and new, and of the mysteries of pasta, rolled on a pin into a perfect circle of gossamer dough.

The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family (eBook) by Laura Schenone, PRINT ISBN: E-TEXT ISBN: Additional ISBNs: , , , The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family by Laura Schenone (). Just the name, The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken, peaks my interest and makes my mouth water. But Laura Schenone isn't a flash in the pan -- she's a finely crafted author with a tremendous amount of determination. Yes, her books are about food and include scrumptious recipes, but they also provide more than your standard fare and delight even the most literary palate.

A food/family memoir about Laura Schenone, a woman trying to track down her great-grandmother's "authentic" ravioli recipe. Her ravioli quest is really a family quest, and we watch Schenone come to terms with her family's troubles. Many of the troubles and rifts are fairly recent, and boy would I love to know how her relatives reacted to this book. Taking readers from New Jersey's industrial wastelands and fast-paced suburbs to the coast of Liguria—homeland of her ancestors and of ravioli—The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken is a story of the comedies and foibles of family life, of love and loss, of old homes and new, and of the mysteries of pasta, rolled on a pin into a perfect circle of gossamer dough. Author: Laura Schenone Publisher: W. W. Norton Company ISBN: Format: PDF, Docs Pages: Category: Cooking Languages: en Size: MB View: Get Book. The Lost Ravioli Recipes Of Hoboken A Search For Food And Family.