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A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
Category: Biography
A YEAR IN THE WORLD is classic Frances Mayes - a celebration of the allure of travel, of unexpected pleasures found in unlikely places and a joyous sense of adventure and discovery. Both a passionate traveller and the ideal travel companion, Mayes allows us to hitch a ride as she wanders off the beaten ...Show more
A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
Category: Travel
The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany returns to immerse herself - and her readers - in the sights, aromas and treasures of twelve new special places.A YEAR IN THE WORLD is vintage Frances Mayes - a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pl ...Show more
Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy by Frances Mayes
Category: Travel
Frances Mayes, whose enchanting international bestseller UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites us back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity and food. Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to ...Show more
Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style from the Heart of Italy by Frances Mayes
Category: Home Interiors
"I always imagine each of the signoras who lived in this house--where she shelled peas, rocked the grandchild, placed a vase of the pink roses. Now I would like to take one of these women back to my house in California to show her how "Bramasole" traveled to America and took root, how the doors there ar ...Show more
Every Day In Tuscany: Seasons of a Italian Life by Frances Mayes
Category: Travel
In this new memoir Frances Mayes offers her readers another deeply personal account of her present-day life in Tuscany, encompassing both the changes she has experienced since her previous memoirs appeared, and sensuous, evocative reflections on the timeless, unchanging beauty and simple pleasures of It ...Show more
Frances Mayes Always Italy - An Illustrated Grand Tour by Frances Mayes; Ondine Cohane
Category: Travel
In this lavishly illustrated and gift-worthy guide, the world's most beloved expert on la dolce vita takes readers on the ultimate insider's tour of Italy's 20 iconic regions, revealing little-known gems, off-the-beaten-path destinations, and one-of-a-kind experiences. This lush guide, featuring more th ...Show more
Pasta Veloce: Irresistibly Fast Recipes from Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes, Susan Wyler
Category: Food & Wine
From the famed author of Under the Tuscan Sun, the most delicious Tuscan pasta recipes that can be made in the time it takes to boil waterFrances Mayes is known for transporting readers to the charming Italian countryside in her bestselling books. In Pasta Veloce, Mayes brings that irresistible Italian ...Show more
See You in the Piazza: New Places To Discover in Italy by Frances Mayes
Category: Fiction
The bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun discovers the hidden pleasures of Italy in a sumptuous travel narrative that crisscrosses the country, with inventive new recipes celebrating Italian cuisine.Don't miss Frances Mayes in PBS's Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special "Reading this book is a ...Show more
See You in the Piazza - New Places to Discover in Italy by Frances Mayes
Category: Travel
The Roman Forum, the Leaning Tower, the Piazza San Marco- these are the sights synonymous with Italy. But such landmarks only scratch the surface of this magical country's offerings. In See You in the Piazza, Frances Mayes introduces us to the Italy only the locals know, as she and her husband, Ed, eat ...Show more
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook by Frances Mayes
Category: Food & Wine
When FRANCES MAYES fell in love with Tuscany and wrote about creating a new life there in Under The Tuscan Sun, she started an affair that led to millions of readers around the world sharing her dream - and embarking on pilgrimages to discover Tuscany and see her beloved 'Bramasole' for themselves. Sinc ...Show more
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook - Recipes from Our Italian Kitchen by Frances Mayes; Edward Mayes; Steven Rothfeld (Photographer)
Category: Food & Wine
"Tuscan food tastes like itself. Ingredients are left to shine. . . . So, if on your visit, I hand you an apron, your work will be easy. We'll start with primo ingredients, a little flurry of activity, perhaps a glass of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, and soon we'll be carrying platters out the door. We' ...Show more
Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir by Frances Mayes
Category: Biography
The long-awaited memoir of her Southern childhood from the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun. Growing up, Frances Mayes longed to leave the small town of Fitzgerald, Georgia, but now she's been drawn back to explore her past ...Beautifully written and very intimate, this memoir evokes the Deep ...Show more