Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling novel, Eat Pray Love is a memoir of a healing journey she embarked upon after a life-changing divorce. Through adventures in Italy, Mumbai and Bali, she fed her soul by reducing her life to simple fundamental elements -- food, spirituality and balance.
To indulge in the sensuality of food, Elizabeth traveled to Rome, where she spoiled herself with sumptuously rich Italian food. Her breakfasts became known as the “Italian Speedball,” a chocolate pastry with a double cappuccino – a far cry from the organic goat’s milk and wheat germ breakfasts from back home. She found that by finding joy in food, she became present in her life, taking pleasure in small moments, meal by meal.