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Laura Fraser

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I am a long-time journalist and San Franciscan who loves travel and books. I'm the author of the NYT-bestselling memoir An Italian Affair, and its sequel, All Over the Map. I also wrote a book about the diet industry, Losing It. I am the co-founder and editorial director of Shebooks.net, which publishes short, top-shelf ebooks by women. My own Shebook, The Risotto Guru, is all about eating in Italy.
I'm passionate about reading, and have kept a list of all the books I've read since I was about ten, which you can find on my website: http://www.laurafraser.com/booklists/. I teach and coach writing, particularly memoir and personal essay. ...more

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Cooking with the Risotto Guru

After learning to make risotto with a master in Piedmont, Italy, I made a video to help teach you to make an easy and delicious risotto.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5pNo...

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Published on July 08, 2015 12:20 • Tags: italy, memoir, risotto

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	An Italian Affair 3.63 avg rating — 2,514 ratings — published 2001 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Over the Map 3.65 avg rating — 1,632 ratings — published 2010 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Losing It: False Hopes and Fat Profits in the Diet Industry 4.07 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Risotto Guru: Adventures in Eating Italian 3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whatever Doesn't Kill You: Six memoirs of resilience, strength, and forgiveness really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	All Over the Map (CD-Audio) - Common it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travels With My Daughter: An Experience of Motherhood liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“It isn't such a bad thing to always know that someone on the other side of the world cares about you.”
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“You can't regret a whole period in your life. . . . It's part of who you are, one of your stories.”
― Laura Fraser, An Italian Affair

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“London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.”
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“English is a beautiful language, a remarkably precise language with a million words to choose from to deliver your exact shade of meaning.”
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“You can't regret a whole period in your life. . . . It's part of who you are, one of your stories.”
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