**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A TIMELESS CLASSIC FROM THE AUTHOR
OF *UNDER MAGNOLIA
Frances 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