Every Menu Is a Love Story

"With a fine arts education, her mamma's food instincts and a few American phrases, Iocco landed in Boston in 1988 as the city began acquiring a palate. There, she faced and overcame the old boy's bastion of professional kitchens--opening four restaurants, consulting for many more--by serving the regional Italian cooking of her youth and by elevating traditional (but tired) Italian-American dishes. Equal parts memoir, cookbook, and Boston ode, Every Menu Is A Love Story chapters include recipes reflecting the imprint of Iocco's Italian and Italian-American dishes on her life. Exulting in every word, bite and note, to Iocco, every menu commands emotional commitment. Every menu is a love story. Ecco perché amore"--Back cover.