' See Naples & die' said Goethe But Katherine Wilson saw Naples & started to live Katherine is fresh out of college when she arrives in Naples to intern at the US Consulate There she meets handsome studious Salvatore & finds herself enveloped by his family
- in particular by his elegant mother Raffaella who begins her real education never eat the crust of a pizza first always stand up & fight for yourself & your loved ones & remember that mealtimes are sacred Immersed in Neapolitan culture tradition & cooking slowly & unexpectedly falling for Salvatore & basking in Raffaella's company & guidance Katherine discovers how to prepare meals that sing from rich ragu to pasta al forno with bacon bechamel & four kinds of cheese Through courtship culture clashes Sunday Mass marriage & motherhood Katherine slowly comes to appreciate carnale the quintessentially Neapolitan sense of comfort & confidence in one's own skin Steeped in sunlight wine & unforgettable food Only in Naples is a love letter to a city & a family a coming-of-age story & a transporting account of learning to live the Italian way ' Katherine Wilson gives us more than the fabulous food of Naples She offers us a passport to an exotic country we would never be able to enter on our own' Ruth Reichl author of My Kitchen Year