What I Ate in One Year

Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci’s life: from stracciatella soup served in the shadow of the Pantheon, to marinara sauce cooked between rehearsals and costume fittings, to home-made pizza eaten with his children before bedtime.

Now, in What I Ate in One Year, Tucci records twelve months of eating, in restaurants, kitchens, film sets, press junkets, at home and abroad, with friends, with family, with strangers, and occasionally just by himself.

Whether it’s duck à l’orange eaten with fellow actors and cooked by singing Carmelite nuns, steaks barbecued at a gathering with friends, meatballs made by his mother and son and shared at the table with three generations of his family, these meals give shape and richness to his days.

‘A hugely entertaining glimpse into a well-lived life full of fun, food, family, travel, work, passions and love. I adored every page’ Dolly Alderton

‘This is a man who knows both how to eat and how to live’ Guardian

‘Everyone wants to spend a day and share a meal with Stanley Tucci and this is the perfect way to do it … A true joy’ Ina Garten

‘Tucci’s wit is dry as a martini; his observations as sharp as lemon tart’ Elizabeth Day

Stanley Tucci, Prime Time Emmy Winner 2023 and Sunday Times bestseller, March 2023