From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding HomeNow a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana! This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is "a captivating story of love lost and found" (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hours. It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem:

Instead of laughing at her jokes

this version uses store-bought hojaldradas-style empanada dough rounds and rotisserie chicken

Dev is happy to engage in some friendly fake dating to calm the gossips and to dazzle her family

enduring influence through the generations

tradition and caretaking in a rapidly changing world

claiming that his recent purchase of a local winery shows that he's back on his feet and ready to contribute to the Shady Palms community

and everyday practices to imagine a future where we can all thrive

It could even be said that the devaluation and erasure of the Black experience is as American as apple pie

With warmth

Connecticut as a chance to reconnect with his spiraling lover

or other factors

Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers