Stanley Tucci

<b>Stanley Tucci</b> is an actor, writer, director, and producer. He has directed five movies and appeared in numerous films, television shows, and plays, on and off Broadway. He has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Tony, and a spoken word Grammy and is a winner of two Golden Globes and six Emmys. A lover of all things culinary, Tucci wrote and directed <em>Big Night</em>, the critically acclaimed movie about two brothers running a failing restaurant, starred in <em>Julie & Julia</em>, and is the host of the Emmy-winning <em>Searching for Italy</em>. He is also pretty adept with a cocktail shaker. He is the author of <em>What I Ate in One Year: (and related thoughts)</em>, <em>Taste: My Life Through Food</em>, and two cookbooks, <em>The Tucci Table</em> and <em>The Tucci Cookbook</em>.