num_pages: 280
description: A CLASSIC FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF UNDER MAGNOLIAFrances Mayes—widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer—opens the door to a wondrous new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. In evocative language, she brings the reader along as she discovers the beauty and simplicity of life in Italy. Mayes also creates dozens of delicious seasonal recipes from her traditional kitchen and simple garden, all of which she includes in the book. Doing for Tuscany what M.F.K. Fisher and Peter Mayle did for Provence, Mayes writes about the tastes and pleasures of a foreign country with gusto and passion.Now with an excerpt from Frances Mayes's latest southern memoir, Under Magnolia .
language: English
title: Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
titlecomplete: Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
genres: Biography, Italy, Memoir, Nonfiction, Romance, Chick Lit, Travel, Contemporary, Biography Memoir, Food
ratings_count: 325224
places: Tuscany, Italy
publisher: Chronicle Books