What I Ate in One Year by: Stanley Tucci

From New York Times bestselling author and beloved actor Stanley Tucci comes a deliciously intimate memoir that chronicles a year’s worth of meals—and the memories they hold.

For Tucci, food has never been just sustenance. It’s connection, comfort, and celebration. In What I Ate in One Year, he invites us into his world through twelve months of eating: stracciatella soup in the shadow of the Pantheon, marinara sauce simmering between costume fittings, home-made pizza shared with his children before bedtime. Each meal becomes a window into the rhythms of his life—the mundane and the magnificent, the solitary and the shared.

These pages hold more than recipes and restaurant reviews. Here, Tucci reflects on how food marks the passage of time, helps us mourn what we’ve lost, and prepares us for what lies ahead. Whether it’s duck à l’orange prepared by singing Carmelite nuns, steaks grilled at a friends’ gathering, or his mother’s meatballs bringing three generations together around one table, each meal carries its own emotional weight and meaning.

Funny, poignant, and deeply satisfying, this memoir celebrates the profound role food plays in all our lives. It’s about the people we feed and who feed us, the traditions we preserve, and the new memories we create—one bite at a time. Perfect for anyone who believes that the best stories are told around a table.

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