Frances Mayes

Food has always played a starring role in Frances’s writings, but never before has she shared a collection of the robust, honest recipes that she regularly enjoys with her husband, Ed, and their Italian friends. In her first-ever cookbook, The Tuscan Sun Cookbook, Frances and Ed welcome readers to ... (more)Bramasole, their home in the countryside, introduce their friends, and share recipes that they have enjoyed as honorary Italians. Frances Mayes is the author of four books about Tuscany. The now-classic Under the Tuscan Sun–was a New York Times bestseller for more than two and a half years and became a Touchstone movie starring Diane Lane. It was followed by Bella Tuscany and two illustrated books, In Tuscany and Bringing Tuscany Home. She is also the author of the novel, Swan, six books of poetry, and The Discovery of Poetry. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages.