Title: I tried
Product review: I rarely don't finish books. I think I made it through 200 pages of this one before I finally flung it across the room. The author does a good job of describing food and recipes and inspired me to try some of them. That was why I gave the book 2 stars. If it had been written as a cookbook with some brief diversionary stories about Italy I would have enjoyed it. Unfortunately, the author bores you with long, drawn out, self indulgent episodes about her summers in Italy. I finally thought to myself, if someone like this cornered me at a party I would deperately be trying to get away from them. Instead of being transported to a idyllic place, I felt like I was trapped in my living room with an annoying neighbor with boxes of vacation slides.
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