Taste: my life through food —刚读完的新书
刚听完这本Taste: my life through food 。作者Stanley Tucci是意大利裔美国演员, 导演, 制片人, 也是好几本烹调书作者。他的美食新片Searching for Italy可以在cnn上找到
刚出版的这本回忆录Taste: my life through food, 让读者我读到了一种既觉得截然不同, 又觉得一样的人生。 截然不同之处是他的工作不是我的朝九晚五, 而是跑遍全世界的拍片。 相同之处是他的生活核心一样是亲情友情。
全书是以食物贯穿他的个人生活和演艺生涯。 书的开头和结尾互相呼应。开头是50多年前他的妈妈给幼儿的他商量中饭,结尾则是今天的他给幼子商量中饭。
when my parents are no longer alive, I will always be able to put their teachings and all the love they gave me into a bowl and present it to someone who sadly will never have had the good fortune of knowing them. But by eating that food, they will come to know them, if even just a little.
这本书挺有知识性的, 让我涨了很多见识。
1. 比如意面的不同面酱配哪种意面是有讲究的, 意面酱不是万金油。
2. 比如犹太人的三明治特别厚,有特别多层。
3. 再比如拍电影时的food catering不仅对成本有相当影响,还对当天的schedule都有影响。 比如有的国家演艺圈工会要求中午固定的午饭时间段。 有的国家没有这规定,就可以一直有食物供应,大家想吃就吃。 中午就不用那么长的午间休息, 也就可以早收工。 还有拍电影时,他发现德国的早饭最丰富美味,法国的一般。
而他的个人生活方面给我印象最深的是, 他心中最浪漫的一段时光是和当时的女友,现在的妻子一起收拾一只鸟,从拔毛开始,直到做好。 Tucci对美食是发自骨子里的热爱。
书的结尾章处意想不到的写到--他在2017年被诊断Oral Cancer, 然后在随后2年的放疗化疗中, 他失去嗅觉味觉, 甚至有半年只能通过食管。 幸运的是,这种Oral Cancer治疗率非常高, 而且治疗对他非常有效。 他的书中很多细节才让我知道咱们有嗅觉有味觉有咀嚼能力,是多么幸运的事情。
最后作者这么说的:
I have chosen to write about this painfully ironic experience because my illness and the brutal side effects of the treatment caused me to realize that food was not just a huge part of my life; it basically was my life. Food at once grounded me and took me to other places. It comforted me and challenged me. It was part of the fabric that made up my creative self and my domestic self. It allowed me to express my love for the people I love and make connections with new people I might come to love.