Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup Review

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(More customer reviews)Mr. diPaola paints an accurate and touching picture of Italian life. I saw both my Italian grandmothers, and my great aunts, and all their household furnishings in this book. I could smell the fragrances inside the house: the olive oil, the basil, the spagetti bubbling in the pot. It brought back astonishing memories (which included tasty chicken feet in the soup). For my children who never had the opportunity of experiencing the Italian side of their heritage, it allowed me to present it to them in a most heart-warming way. The welcoming warmth of the old matriarchs and their great love of family comes out strong and clear. For non-Italians, it will present to their children a look into another culture in an appealingly simple way. The book was especially meaningful to me because one of my grandmothers made a variation of the bread dolls for all her grandchildren every Easter. We modified the recipe and it became my family's tradition as well, to make and distribute them to friends and teachers around Easter.It's one of the few children's books I've kept -- and my kids are now in their 20's.

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Embarrassed to introduce his friend to his old-fashioned Italian grandmother, a young boy gains a new appreciation of her when he finds how well she and his friend get along.

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