by Stanley Tucci
First sentence: “I never dream about food.”
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Release date: October 15, 2024
ARC pilfered from the shelves at work.
Content: There is some swearing, including quite a few f-bombs, though he often censors himself. It’s in the Biography section of the bookstore.

This one has a simple enough premise: every single day (mostly) of 2023, Tucci wrote about what he ate. He missed a few days, he summed up a few days, but for the most part, he did it. He also writes about the things connected to food: shopping, cooking, and interacting with friends and family. He also writes about the pleasure he has with eating and cooking and sitting down with people he cares about to have a meal.

And the book is glorious. Truly.

In something so mundane as recording what he ate, Tucci finds something interesting to say, about food, about life and living, about companionship and friendship, and about how food connects us and makes the world grander. It’s truly a delight to sit with the actor over the course of the year. I adored the book. I’m glad he includes recipes, I’m glad he decided to do something so simple as this. And honestly: Tucci has become one of my all-time favorite food writers. (Reading it often made me want to go cook and eat.)

I adored this one.