Stanley Tucci is an award-winning actor, author, Dad, and one of America's favorite home chefs.

He has been one of the most beloved actors for years, but at his latest role as a food lover and social media star that has catapulted him

into a different level of fame. Stanley has played just about every type of role on screen and

films like The Devil Wears Prada, the Hunger Games, and the lovely bones. But it was Stanley's viral

Instagram video of him making a gronie and his television series searching for Italy that gave

everyone a glimpse into one of his biggest passions, food. His latest novel What I Eat in

one year chronicles a year's worth of meals. The meals are a prism for him to reflect on a year

of his life with his family and friends and gives us

a delicious taste of some of his favorite eats. I'm Jenna Bush-Hager. Welcome to my podcast,

Open Book with Jenna.

Thank you. Stanley, thank you so much for spending some time with me.

I'm really excited to talk to you about your new book. It's really genius because it's kind of musings about one thing you really love, which is food throughout one year.

So talk to me about it. Yeah. Thank you. I'm glad you. I'm glad you like it. The publishers

wanted me to write another book after

taste, but I really didn't know what to write. And Felicity said, why don't you just write what you

eat in one year? And so I did. It actually flowed so easily. And when I finished writing, obviously, it's not, I'm not writing

about every single day. That would be torture for everyone. But to me, it was, it just flowed very

easily. And then when I finished it, I was, I missed it. I missed writing it.

So I have to find something else to write. But I like the format of it. Yeah, I like the format.

And I think we both have youngest children. And I think what's so interesting is the mark of time, you know, looking back at a

year and realizing how much has changed, how much has stayed the same. Was that part of the beauty

in writing it? Yeah. And again, Felicity said, you know, when she would read some of it.

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