La Cucina (Abridged)

Since childhood, Rosa Fiore-daughter of a sultry Sicilian matriarch and her hapless husband-found solace in her family's kitchen. La Cucina, the heart of the family's lush estate, was a place where generations of Fiore women prepared sumptuous feasts and where the drama of extended family life was played out around the age-old table.

When Rosa was a teenager, her own cooking became the stuff of legend in this small community that takes pride in the bounty of its landscape and the eccentrici...