I’d gotten over epic heartbreak before, one more wouldn’t kill me.Īfter moving to Austin following six months of unemployment back home, Iris Taylor knows she should be glad to have landed a job so quickly… even if the business is owned by a member of the same motorcycle club her estranged father used to belong to. Worst case scenario if things turned awkward between us, I could go somewhere else. But he was everything that gripped me, both the good and the bad. He was my boss, my brother’s friend, a Widower, an ex-felon, and a man I’d seen casually with a handful of women. There will be no spoilers in this review so let’s get into it! From Scratch is for anyone who has dared to reach for big love, fought for what mattered most, and needed a powerful reminder that life is…delicious.Hey guys! I’ve got another review for you all today by one of my new favorite authors, Mariana Zapata. It is about food, but it’s really about chasing flavor as an act of remembrance. Her story is about travel, but it’s really about finding a home. Her story is about loss, but it’s really about love found.

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 incredible romance-an indelible 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 and his origins, now she finds solace and nourishment-literally and spiritually-at her mother in law’s table. Eventually, they reconcile with Saro’s family just as he faces a formidable cancer that will 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 build a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopt at birth.

However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forges on. There was just one problem: Saro’s traditional Sicilian family did not approve of him marrying a black American woman, an actress no less. It was love at first sight when Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hour.

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