Venice is a city of romantics, and where, if not in Venice, can you meet the love of your life? This is exactly what happened to Marlena de Blasi, a middle-aged American woman who fell in love with an Italian and left everything - her home and the restaurant where she worked as a chef - to start a new life. And this life turned out to be full of incredible discoveries, and the city - the real Venice - is not at all the way tourists see it. This book is a love story set against the backdrop of a magnificent city and wonderful Italian cuisine.