For an all-out Tuscan feast, try one of Frances Mayes’s suggested menus, with recipes from Every Day in Tuscany.

Spring/Summer Menu

Antipasto Platter
Download Frances Mayes’s Antipasto Platter recipe.

Focaccia
Download Frances Mayes’s Focaccia recipe.

Brodetto
Download Frances Mayes’s Brodetto recipe.

Plum Tart
Download Frances Mayes’s Plum Tart recipe.

Winter Menu

Antipasto Platter
Download Frances Mayes’s Antipasto Platter recipe.

Kale, White Bean and Sausage Soup
Download Frances Mayes’s Kale, White Bean and Sausage Soup recipe.

Chicken under a Brick
Download Frances Mayes’s Chicken under a Brick recipe.

Roasted Vegetables
Download Frances Mayes’s Roasted Vegetables recipe.

Il Falconiere Steamed Chocolate Cake
Download Frances Mayes’s Il Falconiere Steamed Chocolate Cake recipe.

Also be sure to visit www.thetuscansun.com/index.html to learn about Frances Mayes’s Olive Oil, homemade at Villa Bramasole. Join the Bramasole Convivium to receive the Tuscan oil at your home! A good idea: Soak some toasted bread in the oil and salt it a little – an ancient Tuscan pleasure, as old as the wind. Savor, while reading Every Day in Tuscany.