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Audrey at Home
Audrey at Home: Memories of My Mother's Kitchen | Luca Dotti
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Enter Audrey Hepburns private world in this unique biography compiled by her son that combines recollections, anecdotes, excerpts from her personal correspondence, drawings, and recipes for her favorite dishes written in her own hand, and more than 250 previously unpublished personal family photographs. Audrey at Home offers fans an unprecedented look at the legendary star, bringing together the varied aspects of her life through the food she lovedfrom her childhood in Holland during World War II, to her time in Hollywood as an actress and in Rome as a wife and mother, to her final years as a philanthropist traveling the world for UNICEF. Here are fifty recipes that reflect Audreys life, set in the context of a specific time, including Chocolate Cake with Whipped Creama celebration of liberation in Holland at the end of the war; Penne alla Vodkaa favorite home-away-from-home dish in Hollywood; Turkish-style Sea Bassher romance with and subsequent marriage to Andrea Dotti; Boeuf la CuillreGivenchys favorite dish, which shed prepare when hed visit her in Switzerland; and Mousse au Chocolatdinner at the White House. Audrey also loved the basics: Spaghetti al Pomodoro was an all-time favorite, particularly when returning home from her travels, as was a dish of good vanilla ice cream. Each recipe is accompanied by step-by-step instructions, including variations and preparation tips, anecdotes about Audrey and her life, and a poignant collection of photographs and memorabilia. Audrey at Home is a personal scrapbook of Audreys world and the things she loved besther children, her friends, her pets. It is a life that unfolds through food, photographs, and intimate vignettes in a sophisticated and lovely book that is a must for Audrey Hepburn fans and food lovers.
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EvieBee
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New book making my Sunday feel super!
#bookhaul

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mabell
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Combining yesterday & today, this is my #SundaySelfie with one of my favorite of the Hollywood #royalty .

This book was a birthday gift from my mom, and it is gorgeous! It is a scrapbook, a memoir, and a cookbook in one, with lovely photos, letters, notes and other keepsakes reproduced on the pages. The recipes are beautifully laid out and sound delicious. Nonna Te‘s Curry and Mozzarella in Carrozza are on my to-make list. 😊

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful ❤️❤️ 5y
BennettBookworm Obsessed!! 5y
mabell @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @BennettBookworm Audrey was amazing! ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
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vkois88 Sounds awesome! I just LO a Little Dreamers book about Audrey 5y
mabell @vkois88 Ooo I haven‘t seen that one! 5y
vkois88 We have the one about Frida as well, and she absolutely LOVES it 5y
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kyraleseberg
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Audrey recipes, stories, and family photos? Yes please!

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neet_reads
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#MarchMunchies Day 12: Pasta
Audrey Hepburn serving up Spaghetti al Pomodoro

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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Even Casual Audrey had #style #jubilantjuly @RealLifeReading 💛

OrangeMooseReads She was an all around wonderful person ❤️😊 7y
JenlovesJT47 ❤️ love her! 7y
Crinoline_Laphroaig @OrangeMooseReads @JenlovesJT47 I think that's why I love her #style so much because it came with a beautiful heart. ❤ 7y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Absolute delight. Beautiful, heartfelt tribute of Audrey by her son Luca. I can't wait to try her recipes for Chocolate Cake and Spaghetti al Pomodoro. But the most important recipe is the last recipe:
Oral Rehydration Therapy
8 teaspoons of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of salt dissolved in 1quart of drinkable water.
Audrey learned this recipe as Envoy for Unicef. Since its first use in 1968 it has saved over 50 million people most of them children.

Dragon I haven't read this one , on the tbr it goes 😀🐉 7y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig

"Lets face it. A nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people. It does for me."
Audrey Hepburn ?

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I love all things Audrey Hepburn, and if you do too, I recommend this book. It's part biography/part cookbook and filled with wonderful family photos. The book is written by Audrey's youngest son, Luca, and he gives a perspective on her life that I'd not read anywhere before. #marchintoreading #recentnonfictionread @RealLifeReading

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jillrp
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A wonderful look into the actual person that was Audrey Hepburn, not the glamorous icon on screen. Full of great pictures, funny stories, and delicious recipes!