Tembi And Attica Locke On Food, Family, And 'From Scratch'

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🗓️ 24 November 2022

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In 2019, Tembi Locke published her memoir titled "From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home." In it, she tells the story of how she pieced her life back together after losing her husband, Saro, to cancer.

The book is also a celebration of their love story. And that love story is now the center of a Netflix series also titled "From Scratch." Tembi and her sister Attica act as writers, showrunners, and producers on the show.

They join us to talk about bringing their story to the screen.

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0:00.0	In 2019, Temby Locke published from scratch, a memoir of love, Sicily, and Finding
0:15.5	Home.
0:16.5	It tells the story of how she pieced her life back together after losing her husband
0:21.0	Saurro to cancer.
0:23.0	She spent three summers in the town in Sicily where Saurro grew up, connecting with his family,
0:28.0	her daughter, and the food and traditions he grew up with.
0:31.4	The book is also a celebration of Temby and Saurro's love story.
0:35.5	That story is now the focus of, from scratch, a Netflix series based on Temby's memoir.
0:40.7	The show follows Amy, a character based on Temby, and played by Zoe Saldania.
0:45.2	We meet her when she's an art student studying in Florence, Italy.
0:48.8	She may not have been looking for it, but she quickly finds love, better known in Italy
0:52.8	as Amore.
0:54.4	She meets a young Sicilian chef named Lino, based on Saurro.
0:58.4	And from there, the show dives into the life they build together and the life that Amy must
1:02.6	rebuild after tragedy strikes.
1:05.2	After the break, Temby and Temby's real-life sister, Attica Locke, joined one-a-gasthhost
1:10.3	Indira Luxmanon.
1:12.1	Attica is the showrunner and producer on the series.
1:14.8	They share stories about bringing their experience of family, loss, and food to the screen.
1:20.2	I'm Jen White.
1:21.2	We're listening to the One-a podcast where we get to the heart of the story.
1:24.8	Stay with us.
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