Lessons in Lasagna: Ingredient counseling from a mafia daughter

by Luann Puglisi Kenmore

Layering the good with the bad; the author, Luann Puglisi Kenmore has taken her chaotic life added her own ingredients creating rituals and recipes to simmer her experiences. Luann has held tight to the promise a meal and a well told story has healing properties as well as the ability to feed the soul. The daughter of a Mafia bad guy, she has connected those sometimes horrifying experiences; losing her father to an organization that once made him powerful, physical trials, a life filled with limousines, cars and fancy clothes, to a quiet life as a wife and mommy. "Writing and cooking have been my scaffolding; savoring the ingredients I've been dealt, turning them into meals instead of hazardous waste has freed me of traumatic alternatives."

262 pages, Paperback

First published October 18, 2005

Reviews

[Erin Piltz · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING! Gripping and easy read! Great story and some amazing recipes

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Knowing Luann personally and helping her get organized on her way to publishing, it's great to see her story told. Most of it I had read in draft version, seeing it done brings joy to my heart. She's been through so much, and while she touches on the bad, she makes sure you know we are all responsible for our own happiness and that building traditions with loved ones is very important to our sharing life with family and friends.

The way she copes with the loss of her father, her accident, the IRS, the suicide death of a friend, tea with Kay, life lessons, all endearing and hopeful, her family and friends and even the mistakes she owns up to and her motives in life, what a wonderful read. Luann, may you continue to be blessed, happy and loved.