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

During this fall time in Italy, we’ve spent great times in Rome.  When we first landed, we rented an apartment for just two days in the Parioli district, new to us and apparently to most tourists. We saw few fellow turisti around. The apartment was spacious and pleasant and rather wacky. Five different artists each [...]

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Ed and I are so looking forward to the publication of our cookbook–a collection of our favorite recipes from twenty-one years of feasting in Italy.  He, my daughter, and I all say: at last we won’t have to search for a particular recipe again.  Having the recipes bound in one place will save us hours [...]

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Italy is rocking today with the verdict, finally, of Amanda Knox’s innocence.  I’ve yet to meet an Italian who thinks she’s innocent, though some concede that the evidence for conviction was not there. What is behind this loud-mouthed certainty? I am struggling to understand it. My daughter, a forensic psychologist, says women almost never commit [...]

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Not really a commercial moment, just wanting the share my good luck of having an agenda published every year by Chronicle Books.  The pleasure is that I get to work with Steven Rothfeld. He is also the photographer of BRINGING TUSCANY HOME and of the cookbook coming in March. Travel is his passion and he [...]

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In Cortona, half way into September, summer still reigns. The lack of rain has turned the fields the color of lion’s fur but the geraniums love the intense sun and are blooming their hearts out.  Looking through my notes and photos from the greener part of summer, I wanted to get out my watercolors and [...]

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