Book Description During 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 одщоч 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.  Decoris2005 г 272 стр ISBN 1582344701.