{"product_id":"crazy-in-the-kitchen-foods-feuds-and-forgiveness-in-an-italian-american-family-9781582344706","title":"Crazy in the Kitchen: Foods, Feuds, and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise DeSalvo\u003c\/b\u003e (1942-2018) was the multi-award-winning author of such memoirs as \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBreathless\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family\u003c\/i\u003e. She was also a renowned feminist scholar and essayist who wrote about such literary figures as D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and Virginia Woolf. Her book \u003ci\u003eVirginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work\u003c\/i\u003e was named one of the most important books of the twentieth century by the \u003ci\u003eWomen's Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA professor of English, Louise taught creative writing and literature at Hunter College where she implemented the school's MFA in Memoir program, and she wrote several books on creative writing including \u003ci\u003eWriting as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Slow Writing: Reflections on Times, Craft, and Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492935700754,"sku":"9781582344706","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7ec299fd-d06a-4c36-8fcb-e55eab6d2b99.jpg?v=1730615744","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crazy-in-the-kitchen-foods-feuds-and-forgiveness-in-an-italian-american-family-9781582344706","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}