While waiting for a flight at LAX I found a book (or as my friend Deborah puts it... the book found me). The book is called Keeping the Feast, by Paula Butturini. It is a beautifully written and very moving memoir of an American couple who, after experiencing personal tragedy, finds comfort and healing in love, food and Italy.
I felt a special connection to this book as it brought back memories of my own family's move from Poland to Italy and finally to the US in the late 80s, while the book describes the author's life as it unfolds in the opposite direction - from US to Italy to Poland.
Keeping the Feast captures with equal grace moments of pure joy in life and the hardship as that life is taken away in a single moment. More importantly, it demonstrates the powerful role that simple daily rituals, like preparing food and gathering with loved ones, can have in the healing process.
Find out more about Keeping the Feast here.
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