March 11, 2018 New Book, New See You in the Piazza Design, Spring! Tags: A Year in the World Bramasole Olive Oil Every Day in Tuscany The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Under Magnolia Under the Tuscan Sun Women in Sunlight by Frances Mayes La Primavera! Not long now. With spring on our doorsteps, See You in the Piazza gets a fresh look. And updated info–I have been… More
February 23, 2015 Wise in Winter Tags: 10:04 by Ben Lerner American Range Chatwood Good Behavior by Molly Keane Gran Hotel So We Read On by Maureen Corrigan The Stories of Jane Gardam The Trace by Forrest Gander The Tuscan Sun Cookbook TransAtlantic by Colum McCann Turks & Caicos “I’d like to exit this place next February,” I said to Ed, as I flipped the kitchen faucet on and no water flowed. “It… More
August 4, 2014 August So Soon! Tags: Bobcat Eno River Mona Lisa Polimnia pomarola Schiavon The Bigness of the World The Essays of E. B. White The Gray Notebook The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Under Magnolia Could you–I could–live in a place that was eternally summer? This summer is especially delicious–today I am picking up at Walker farm fifty pounds… More
February 18, 2014 Discreet Charms of Winter Tags: Bar Tuscher Bramasole Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend The Story of a New Name The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Trattoria Fettunta zeppole We’re taking two winter trips to Cortona this year. Restoration at Bramasole keeps raging on, and I admit that I keep adding projects, such… More
December 9, 2013 When Lemon Trees Flew Tags: Bramasole Crab and Lemon Spaghetti Lemon Cake Lemon Salt The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Just before the first hard frost, all the potted lemons that dazzle our garden must be moved into the limonaia, a glass-fronted room where… More
November 4, 2013 Roof: Finished — Olives: Picked Tags: Gargano Grottammare Monte Sant' Angelo Peschici Puglia Rodi The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Vieste What made the roof so difficult? The house is tall and perched way above the road. The existing roof had to be removed tile… More
June 9, 2013 Cortona Spring Tags: Casale della Torre Cortona Poggio al Sole Cortona The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Because rain fell every single day of winter, this spring has the most wildflowers I’ve even seen. We’ve always had wild irises but this… More
December 9, 2012 Two Savory Holiday Gifts Tags: Cheese Wafere Quail with Juniper Berries Ragù Roasted Pecans The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Something takes over around now, and it’s like going into labor–once it starts there’s no getting off! I feel overcome with the compelling urge… More
October 31, 2012 The Wine Room Tags: Busatti Edmund De Waal The Hare with Amber Eyes The Tuscan Sun Cookbook We are having our small version of Sandy here in Tuscany today. This awful weather ushers out October, which has been the most sublime… More
September 12, 2012 On the Cusp of the Season Tags: A Year in the World Bach Bringing Tuscany Home Chatwood Henry Miller Julia Child Michael Ondaatje Nabokov Nancy Silverton The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Witherspoon Roses 48 degrees this morning, steam rising from the meadow, and I’m lured early by the rose garden, where yesterday we planted six new beauties.… More
May 23, 2012 Dinner in Napa Valley at Signorello Vineyards Tags: Chef Robin White Danielle di Niese Festival del Sole Helene Grimaud Joshua Bell Michael McMillan Signorello Vineyards The Tuscan Sun Cookbook On 21 and 22 July, Ed and I are going to California for a dinner at Signorello Vineyards honoring The Tuscan Sun Cookbook. Chef… More
May 20, 2012 Moments of Tuscan Spring Tags: Giro d'Italia peonies Sagra The Tuscan Sun Cookbook You never know what May will bring in Tuscany. We’ve been here two weeks and have had four glorious, sunny days and the rest… More
May 15, 2012 Wish I Had Taken More Photos Tags: Audrey Wells Barnes and Noble Bon Appetit Management Book Passage Diane Lane Genentech Greg Gorman Left Bank Meadowood Resort Steven Rothfeld Terzo Piano The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Warwick's Williams Sonoma Yahoo The book tour for The Tuscan Sun Cookbook was like a party that lasted a month! Here are some of the fine people and… More
April 17, 2012 Semi-demi Finale, Plus News! Tags: Alitalia American Express Antonia's Restaurant Bramasole Olive Oil Festival del Sole Fodors Joshua Bell Napa Valley Signorelli Vineyards Steven Rothfeld The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Buona sera, The initial tour for The Tuscan Sun Cookbook will come to a grand finale at Antonia’s, a neighborhood restaurant in Hillsborough NC… More
March 25, 2012 A Stop at A Southern Season Tags: A Southern Season The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Vietri The book tour for The Tuscan Sun Cookbook has been exciting and exhausting and fun. All the events are just so enjoyable. I’ve been… More
March 12, 2012 Kitchen / Garden video The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Tags: Art Institute of Chicago Atlanta History Center Rainy Day Books Smart Talk Lecture Series Steven Rothfeld The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Williams Sonoma During the photo shoots for The Tuscan Sun Cookbook, Steven Rothfeld shot a few scenes with his video camera. Here they are–our vegetable garden… More
February 26, 2012 What We Served and Didn’t Serve to Alberto Tags: Albert Alfonso Every Day in Tuscany La Tur Rustico Terragni's Danteum The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Thomas Schumacher When in Rome Artichokes When our great friend Alberto breaks off from an intense work schedule and flies up to NC from Tampa for only one night, he… More
February 14, 2012 Agretti and Other Greeny Greens Tags: agretti broccoli romano cavalo nero Florence kale orto photographer Steven Rothfeld The Tuscan Sun Cookbook About this time in Tuscany, we begin to see agretti at the markets. It’s a grassy green, just so fresh–and slightly bitter. We steam… More
February 11, 2012 Antipodean Tuscan Sun Tags: Fiona Henderson HarperCollins Australia The Tuscan Sun Cookbook We are raising a glass of something very good tonight to Fiona Henderson and the HarperCollins team in Australia. They just sent their edition… More
January 2, 2012 Organic Gardening Magazine Tags: Chatwood Garden gourd birdhouses Kim Sunee Montrose Organic Gardening Magazine Peter Frank Edwards Steven Rothfeld The Tuscan Sun Cookbook The Weed Wrench Company Trail of Crumbs The February-March issue of this vital magazine features an article on my North Carolina garden, Chatwood. It shows a picture of the back of… More