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Home Cook

Stanley Tucci

Actor, director, and obsessive home cook whose Italian travelogues take a forgiving line on tradition.

Speaks to 2 threads

Cited in 2 places

  • Bolognese/ Counterpoint
    Stanley Tucci's Taste: a splash of cream at the finish is a New York-Italian move, not a Bolognese one — but on a home plate it does no harm and the policing of orthodoxy has limits.
    Taste: My Life Through Food — Gallery Books (2021)
  • Bolognese/ Argument
    Pappardelle, rigatoni, fettuccine all carry ragu well. The shape is convention, not law (Tucci's Taste).
    Pasta Shape — argued for "Use What You Have"