Frances Mayes Audio & Video

Frances Mayes - widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer - opens the door to a wondrous new world...

A Year in the World is vintage Frances Mayes, a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely locales, of memory woven into the present....

Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity...

In this sequel to her" New York Times" bestsellers" Under the Tuscan Sun" and" Bella Tuscany," the celebrated "bard of Tuscany" ("New York Times") lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.

Ms. Mayes talked about her book Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy, published by Broadway Books.

When Frances Mayes fell in love with Tuscany and Bramasole, millions of readers basked in the experience through her three best-selling memoirs....

A lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes, the Bard of Tuscany, about coming of age in the Deep South and the region's powerful influence on her life.

A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home.

Best-selling and beloved author Frances Mayes discovers the hidden pleasures of Italy in a sumptuous travel narrative that crisscrosses the country, with inventive new recipes celebrating Italian cuisine.

Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity...