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Simon & Schuster
August 2011
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Featuring: Basil Cupertino; Angelina DβAngelo; Frank
288 pages
ISBN: 145162056X
EAN: 9781451620566
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Sometimes the shortest distance between two people is the length of a kitchen table. . . . Far too young to be a widow, Angelina DβAngelo suddenly finds herself facing a life without her beloved husband, Frank. Late one night shortly after the funeral, she makes her way down to the kitchen and pours all of her grief and anger into the only outlet she has leftβher passion for cooking. In a frenzy of concentration and swift precision, she builds layer upon layer of thick, rich lasagna, braids loaves of yeasty bread, roasts plump herb-rubbed chicken; she makes so much food that she winds up delivering the spoils to the neighbors in her tight-knit Italian community in South Philadelphia. Retiree Basil Cupertino, who has just moved in with his kindly sister across the street, is positively smitten with Angelinaβs food. In a stroke of good fortune, Basil offers Angelina (not only husbandless but unemployed) a job cooking for himβtwo meals a day, six days a week, in exchange for a handsome salary. Soon, word of her irresistible culinary prowess spreads and she finds herself cooking for seven bachelorsβand in the process discovers the magical power of food to heal, to bring people together . . . and maybe even to provide a second chance at love. Filled to the brim with homemade warmth, Angelinaβs Bachelors is a sweet tale of overcoming grief, redefining family, and following your heartβthrough food.
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