{"product_id":"extra-sauce-the-good-the-bad-and-the-onions-9780593733370","title":"Extra Sauce: The Good, the Bad, and the Onions","description":"\u003cb\u003eA raw and raucous memoir from chef and writer Zahra Tangorra about the great meals and great loves of her life, reflecting on family, friendship, grief, and the solace that can be found through food \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A memoir that feeds both body and soul . . . lush, fearless, and tender.\"--Ruth Reichl\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExtra sauce is how I like my pizza and also how I fall in love. Extra sauce is for sopping, dunking, and licking off your plate. Licking off your fingers. It is a tiny demand for freedom and hedonism. Life has told you this is the amount of joy you get, and you say: That is simply not enough.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt twenty-two years old, Zahra Tangorra was trying on adulthood and attempting to find herself when a harrowing near-death experience stopped her in her tracks. It felt like a twisted version of a second chance. \u003ci\u003eWho am I?\u003c\/i\u003e she asked herself. \u003ci\u003eWhat do I love?\u003c\/i\u003e The answers started coming to her: Stuffed shells and giant meatballs at J\u0026amp;J's, the Italian red sauce joint of her Long Island childhood. Her mother's chocolate mousse pie and her father's sweet and savory pea soup. The people, places, and experiences that made her \u003ci\u003eher, \u003c\/i\u003e the relationships both loving and fraught--they were all, for better and sometimes worse, inextricably bound up with food. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this memoir that celebrates both the delicious and the messy in life, Zahra reckons with the adrenaline-filled highs and devastating lows of opening cult-favorite Brooklyn restaurant Brucie and then closing it at the height of its popularity. From cooking her father his last meal and the unexpected yet beautiful things she found at the bottom of her grief to the relationships she couldn't save through cooking, like her fractured family and the lover she had to leave in Tuscany, Zahra writes about the immense courage it takes to allow ourselves to be loved, extra sauce and all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold with uproarious humor and tremendous insight, \u003ci\u003eExtra Sauce \u003c\/i\u003eis for anyone who yearns to embrace their whole self, who loves with abandon, and who eats with gusto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zahra Tangorra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.44w x 1.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593733370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZahra Tangorra\u003c\/b\u003e is a chef, restaurant consultant, and writer living in Brooklyn, New York. She is the chef and owner behind the cult-favorite Italian American popup Zaza Lazagna and the beloved former Cobble Hill restaurant Brucie. Brucie and Zaza have been featured in multiple publications and TV shows including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEater\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrub Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, MTV, \u003ci\u003eThe Martha Stewart Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and ABC News. Zahra's writing has been featured in \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLenny Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking Broadly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEpicurious\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Zahra Tangorra \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47858792759453,"sku":"9780593733370","price":50.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_52d74add-b8e5-48c4-a805-b9044d880e3f.jpg?v=1776860345","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/extra-sauce-the-good-the-bad-and-the-onions-9780593733370","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}