When Patricia, "the naïve American" meets Gregori, "the gorgeous Greek", her Sicilian-born father takes spectacularly extreme measures to try to stop her from marrying him. This is just one of many wrong reasons why Patricia is all the more determined to do so. She even moves with Gregori to Greece, where he insists he must be in order to be happy. Once there, she discovers that though she might not save her marriage, she just might save herself. With vivid descriptions of life in beautiful, modern-day Greece, this memoir is both a tasty treat and an exhilarating sail on the Hellenic seas through xenophobia, dysfunctional family units, religious ravings, obsessive protocols, political disorder, European football, and fabulous food. As the Italians say, Buon Appetito! (Good Appetite!) As the Greeks say, Kalo Taxidi! (Good Voyage!)

当 "天真的美国人 "帕特里夏遇到 "华丽的希腊人 "格雷戈里时，她在西西里出生的父亲采取了惊人的极端措施，试图阻止她与他结婚。这只是帕特里夏更坚定地要这样做的许多错误原因之一。她甚至和格雷戈里一起搬到了希腊，他坚持认为他必须在那里才能获得幸福。在那里，她发现，虽然她可能无法挽救她的婚姻，但她可能会拯救自己。这本回忆录生动地描述了美丽的现代希腊的生活，既是一种美味的享受，也是在希腊的大海上航行，经历了仇外心理、功能失调的家庭单元、宗教狂欢、强迫性协议、政治混乱、欧洲足球和美妙的食物。正如意大利人所说，Buon Appetito! (正如希腊人所说，Kalo Taxidi！（好胃口！）。(Good Voyage!)。