Tembi Locke

It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro's traditional Sicilian family did not approve of his marrying a black American woman. However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forged on. They built a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships, and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopted at birth. Eventually, they reconciled with Saro's family just as he faced a formidable cancer that would consume all their dreams. From 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. Where once Tembi was estranged from Saro's family, now she finds solace and nourishment - literally and spiritually - at her mother-in-law's table. 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. All along the way she reflects on her and Saro's romance - an incredible love story that leaps off the pages. In Sicily, it is said that every story begins with a marriage or a death - in Tembi Locke's case, it is both. "Locke's raw and heartfelt memoir will uplift readers suffering from the loss of their own loved ones" (Publishers Weekly), but her story is also about love, finding a home, and chasing flavor as an act of remembrance. From Scratch is for anyone who has dared to reach for big love, fought for what mattered most, and those who needed a powerful reminder that life is...delicious.

"Od Nuly Tembi mala dvadsať. Túžila po kariére filmovej hviezdy a dokonalej láske. Volanie osudu ju priviedlo do Florencie. V srdci Toskánska si vychutnávala bezstarostný život, dobré jedlo a štúdium umenia. Život si užívala naplno, až kým náhodou v jedno popoludnie nestretla jeho ? očarujúceho šéfkuchára Sara, pochádzajúceho zo Sicílie. Spočiatku sa Tembi darilo odolávať Sarovmu čaru, no jej pokušenie rástlo s každým ďalším sústom lahodného jedla. Potvrdí sa staré známe príslovie, že láska ide cez žalúdok? Bude mať Tembi v Sarovom náručí dosť síl, aby zmazala kultúrne rozdiely medzi Afroameričankou z veľkomesta a nekompromisnými tradíciami jeho rodiny zo sicílskeho vidieka? Môže dve duše spájané láskou k jednoduchosti čerstvého jedla postretnúť iná a ešte väčšia nepriazeň osudu? Dokážu spoločne prekonať aj temné a beznádejné chvíle? Tembi Locke je uznávanou herečkou, scenáristkou a vyhľadávanou TEDx rečníčkou. Osud tiež chcel, aby sa stala neobyčajným príkladom prekonávania prekážok a smútku zo straty milovanej osoby. Je spolutvorkyňou a výkonnou producentkou filmovej série od Netflixu, ktorá je inšpirovaná jej knihou Od nuly (From Scratch). V súčasnosti žije so svojou rodinou v Los Angeles.