Laura Schenone's original goal was simple enough: to find her great-grandmother's recipe for ravioli. But things get more complicated as she reunites with relatives and digs up buried family stories. Taking readers from New Jersey's industrial wastelands and fast-paced suburbs to the coast of Liguria-homeland of her ancestors and of ravioli-The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken is a story of the comedies and foibles of family life, of love and loss, of old homes and new, and of the mysteries of pasta, rolled on a pin into a perfect circle of gossamer dough.

About the Author
Laura Schenone is the author of the James Beard Award-winning A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove and The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken. She lives in New Jersey with her family and dog Lily.

Reviews
"This is [a] feast for the mind and the heart, as well as the palate." -- Newsweek - Peg Tyre
"Lovely." -- Entertainment Weekly
"Fascinating and memorable." -- Julie Kronenfel - Elle
"A culinary detective story, a family confessional, and a moving meditation on assimilation and authenticity." -- Vicki Hyman - Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
"[A] solidly researched, lovingly written memoir-and a splendid detective story...This wonderfully intricate, rumpled, generous narrative would be a joy even without the final lagniappe of about two dozen hard-won recipes." -- Anne Mendelson - Saveur



Book Information
ISBN 9780393334234
Author Laura Schenone
Format Paperback
Page Count 354
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 452g
Dimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 25mm