Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style from the Heart of Italy

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. With more than 100 photos by acclaimed photographer Steven Rothfeld (including several of the Mayes’s California home and its Tuscan accents), twenty-five all-new recipes, and lists of resources for travelers and shoppers, Bringing Tuscany Home is a treasure trove of practical advice and memorable images.. Now Frances and her husband, In Tuscany coauthor Edward, share the essence of Tuscan life as they have lived it, with specific ideas and inspiration for readers stateside to bring the beauty and spirit of Tuscany into their own home decor, meals, gardens, entertaining and, most important, outlook on life. (And to help truly bring Tuscany home, shipping advice and market days for several Tuscan towns are included.)• Set an imaginative Tuscan table using majolica and vintage linens.• Enjoy the abundant flavors and easy simplicity of the Tuscan kitchen, with details on everything from olive oil and vino santo to pici and gnocchi, plus special homegrown menus and recipes.• Make the most of a trip to Tuscany, visiting Frances’s favorite hill towns, restaurants, small museums, and other soothing places. In her inimitable warm and evocative tone, Frances helps readers develop an eye for authentic Tuscan style, with advice on how t

(Hint: it takes a lot of money.) The book includes 25 recipes, though few are specifically Tuscan. The listing of Mayes's own "At Home in Tuscany Collection" of furniture at book's end adds to the coyly self-indulgent feel. This work is a grab bag of guess-you-had-to-be-there anecdotes (Mayes devotes an entire paragraph to the activities of a wasp that flies into her study while she's writing) and suggestions for how readers can, as Mayes and her husband, Ed, do, live the good life in northern California and Italy. All rights reserved. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Instead, Mayes devotes space to Nancy Silverton's Italian Plum Tart (Silverton, founder of Los Angeles's Campanile restaurant, has her own villa one valley over) and several recipes of Ed's. . From Publishers Weekly Only those who love sitting through slides from other peo

"Gorgeous!" according to Phyllis Franklin. The pictures! The prose! The advice!!! I am in love with this book. It is a quick trip to my happy place.. "I absolutely adore the writings of Frances Mayes and her" according to Gayle Bach-Watson. I absolutely adore the writings of Frances Mayes and her descriptions of decorating, color, and food inspire me to new heights. Ok, not what I was looking for A lot more vacation and family stories , not much in the way of decorating/ pictures and ideas.