The Tucci Table by Stanley Tucci: Cooking with Family and Friends

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The Tucci Table is full of recipes that are based on simple, quality ingredients and traditional flavors. Stanley Tucci is an accomplished actor, he is also an accomplished chef; so the writing of a cook book is not so far out of the realm of what should be expected. As I started to select genres that I liked and prefered as one does with age, I was still able to find him in even the strangest of movie selections- of the top of my head, He was reassuring as the doctor in a movie I found utterly boring: The First Avenger, Captain America. You have to know how to stay out of the way,” he says with a reverence that recognizes the demanding nature of restaurant work. In the Italian capital, he samples the holy pasta trinity (amatriciana, carbonara, cacio e pepe) then shares an offal lunch with food expert Katie Parla and meets two World War II survivors who have become guardians of Rome’s culinary traditions.

The Tuccis have filled their cookbook with complex-sounding but actually quite simple recipes that anyone could pull off. He enunciates thoughtfully, while letting his New York vowels stretch from time to time for a pleasing cadence. When asked if the new series might give Italian restaurants their own “big night” after the challenges of lockdown, he chuckles.He was frightening in a quiet and menacing way in The lovely Bones and for a while I was hesitant to watch anything else he was in - the mark of a great actor. Now, in a completely new, family-focused cookbook, Tucci captivates food lovers' imaginations with recipes from his traditional Italian roots as well as those of his British wife, Felicity Blunt, tied together with a modern American ribbon.

Featuring 100 luscious, full-color photographs, The Tucci Table captures the true joys of family cooking. Since his career began nearly 30 years ago he has appeared in more than 50 films including THE LOVELY BONES, THE HUNGER GAMES and THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, and has been a regular fixture on Broadway. The married coauthors pay homage to their respective Italian and British heritages in an attempt to "express the new culinary traditions we are in the process of creating for the next generation.

But after three decades of acting, directing, writing, producing, and sharing countless meals, Tucci is a prolific food storyteller in his own right.

A beautifully produced collection of wholesome and hearty Italian recipes that will bring the whole family together. My understanding is that “The Tucci” has been a qualified Chef in addition to being a Hollywood actor.The Tucci Table is not a book of fashionable recipes but a collection of dishes to cook for family and friends - a love letter to his Italian culinary heritage, his wife's classic English cooking, and all the people who matter most in their lives. Recipes include Pasta Al Forno, Roasted Sea bass, Pan Seared Venison and even British classics such as Shepherd's Pie and Sausage Rolls, there is something to please everyone and bring the whole family together. Stanley Tucci began to think about writing this book with the realization that he and his three beautiful children had been trying to recreate many of the recipes of his late wife, Kate. The book emphasizes the importance of the "family table," and indeed the whole family shows up, with recipes from Tucci's children, parents, in-laws, and friends.