"In the Kitchen with Love" - Signed

New York: Doubleday. 1972. First. 8vo.  Hardcover with red cloth, original dust jacket present. 250 pp.  The Italian film icon has inscribed "Buon appetito! Paul / Sophia / 1980" to the title page.  Two tears to dust jacket, including a small tear to upper spine and a significant tear across the rear, otherwise in fine condition.

An instant classic, originally published in Italian in 1971, In the Kitchen with Love was the first of two cookbooks from Loren.  In 1998, she published Sophia Loren's Recipes and Memories.

From the library of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications. (21241)

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