Audrey at Home: Memories of My Mother's Kitchen

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New York Times Bestseller

Enter Audrey Hepburns private world in this unique New York Times bestselling 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correspondence, drawings, and recipes for her favorite dishes written in her own hand, and more than 250 previously unpublished personal family photographs.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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"Dotti's book offers a unique view of the star's personal life through the lens of her food philosophies, including a love of growing vegetables in the garden and sourcing from local farmer's markets." -- Redbook.com "Home cooks are offered a taste of Hepburn's life beyond the sound stages, red carpets and magazine covers." -- Yahoo! Food

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Luca Dotti is the son of Audrey Hepburn and Italian psychiatrist, Professor Andrea Dotti. Luca is a former graphic designer and now chairs the Audrey Hepburn's Children's Fund. Created by Audrey's family in 1994, the Fund helps children in need around the world. Dotti lives in Rome with his wife and three children.