Frances Mayes's Journal Travel, Food, Books, People

Publisher’s Weekly invited me to send them a few paragraphs on “Why I Write.”  That’s an impossible subject, of course!  I think that the article features several writers but I haven’t been able to access the rest of the issue.  Here’s the link to my little essay:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6717806.html?q=%22Frances+Mayes%22

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I loved the chestnut article “Bread of Life.”

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Rome / Home II

When I’m travelling, I always search for the book that will be a fine companion for that place.  One of the best I’ve ever found is David Mayernik’s Timeless Cities: An Architect’s Reflections on Renaissance Italy. Rome, Venice, Florence and Pienza are his focus.  During a February trip to Rome with my husband, [...]

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Rome—the best rhyme of Rome is home. Of all the great cities of the world, Rome has the big heart.

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We have bought a farm here in North Carolina that has walnuts and pecans but not a single fruit tree. We have old cedars everywhere. Right away, my neighbor mentioned that they’re a disaster for apple trees, just what I want to plant.

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