Audrey at Home : Memories of My Mother's Kitchen

Audrey at Home : Memories of My Mother's Kitchen
ISBN: 9780062284709
Publication Date: 1 August 2015

Audrey at Home, a kitchen table biography, is a gorgeous insider's look at Audrey Hepburn and her home life, presented with recollections and anecdotes about her in the context of complete recipes for her favorite dishes. Visuals include images of recipe cards and notes written in her own hand, personal correspondence, drawings, and more than 250 previously unpublished personal family photographs.

Enter Audrey Hepburn"s 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correspondence, drawings, and recipes for her favorite dishes written in her own hand, and more than 250 previously unpublished personal family photographs.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 loved-from 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 Audrey"s life, set in the context of a specific time, including Chocolate Cake with Whipped Cream-a celebration of liberation in Holland at the end of the war; Penne alla Vodka-a favorite home-away-from-home dish in Hollywood; Turkish-style Sea Bass-her romance with and subsequent marriage to Andrea Dotti; Boeuf à la Cuillère-Givenchy"s favorite dish, which she"d prepare when he"d visit her in Switzerland; and Mousse au Chocolat-dinner 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 vari...