The Food of Love: A Novel
by Anthony Capella

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Book Review: Charming, delightful, foodie love story
Summary: 5 Stars

The descriptions of Italian cooking - and in particular the long, sensuous descriptions of the ingredients available in Roman markets - are a delight in themselves. Even foodie readers will find themselves learning a lot - I certainly never knew that Italians eat hyacinth bulbs in spring, or that there's a kind of zabaione you can order for breakfast.

The ending kind of surprised me - I thought Bruno was going to end up with the chefess - but there was something quite appealing about his being caught between two girls and having to make a choice between them before he gets to his happy ending. And there were some lovely romantic moments, such as when Bruno secretly sends Laura a bunch of candied edible flowers, and then imagines her tasting the very same thing he's tasting, at the same moment, like a kiss flying between them across the rooftops of Rome.

The Food of Love isn't serious literature - it's well written, charming, and is ultimately as insubstantial and light as one of Bruno's zabaiones, but I guarantee that unless you've got a heart of stone you'll be reading it with a smile on your face.

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