A Well Seasoned Life is a voyage through the 1950s in a first-generation Italian-American household in which the preparation and eating of meals played a magical and central role. At the heart of the story is the author's father, Gus O'Biso, who was born in Sicily in 1909 and immigrated to New Jersey in 1921. In a fresh and endearing twist to the traditional view of the Italian-American household, this jeweler in Manhattan's diamond district discovered he was also a phenomenal cook when O'Biso's mother went back to school and needed time to study. From that moment on Gus came home from work...