Audrey at Home: Memories of My Mother's Kitchen

Audrey at Home: Memories of My Mother's Kitchen by Luca Dotti  256 pp.

This is a loving memoir of Audrey Hepburn (with recipes) written by her son, Luca. In spite of her rail thin physique, Hepburn was a great lover of food and cooking. In spite of the quantities she ate, she did not gain weight as a result of suffering near-starvation during the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands during World War II. Included in the book are hundreds of photos, many never before published. Fifty recipes with detailed directions are included. There is a variety of favorites of Hepburn, her family, and friends. Because she retired from acting to raise her children, there is very little about her movie career. The focus of the book is the post-Hollywood Audrey Hepburn as a wife, mother, and later an ambassador for UNICEF. This is a sweet, quick read (lots of pictures).