![]() ![]() Italy is one of my favorite places in the world (and I can’t wait to visit once travel is safe and we are allowed back into the EU…), and this memoir was part love letter to Tembi’s late husband, part love letter to Italy. ![]() Review: Actress Tembi Locke’s memoir had been on my radar for awhile, and I’m excited to report that it did not disappoint. ![]() From Scratch is for anyone who has dared to reach for big love, fought for what mattered most, and those who needed a powerful reminder that life is.delicious. “Locke’s raw and heartfelt memoir will uplift readers suffering from the loss of their own loved ones” ( Publishers Weekly), but her story is also about love, finding a home, and chasing flavor as an act of remembrance. In Sicily, it is said that every story begins with a marriage or a death-in Tembi Locke’s case, it is both. All along the way she reflects on her and Saro’s romance-an incredible love story that leaps off the pages. In the Sicilian countryside, she discovers the healing gifts of simple fresh food, the embrace of a close knit community, and timeless traditions and wisdom that light a path forward. Where once Tembi was estranged from Saro’s family, now she finds solace and nourishment-literally and spiritually-at her mother-in-law’s table. Eventually, they reconciled with Saro’s family just as he faced a formidable cancer that would consume all their dreams.įrom Scratch chronicles three summers Tembi spends in Sicily with her daughter, Zoela, as she begins to piece together a life without her husband in his tiny hometown hamlet of farmers. They built a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships, and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopted at birth. However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forged on. There was just one problem: Saro’s traditional Sicilian family did not approve of his marrying a black American woman. Publisher Synopsis: It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. ![]() “From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home” by Tembi Locke ![]()
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