Book buzz: 'Spiderwick' has lots of scary bits in store Dec 20, 2007
And ever since Frances Mayes alerted Americans to the pleasures of Tuscany, Italy has had its moment in the sun. The latest love letter to the boot-shaped nation is Passion on the Vine (Broadway Books, April), a memoir by Sergio Esposito, founder of Italian Wine Merchants in New York. (USA Today -- Life)
Ahhh, Tuscany Dec 11, 2007
There are other wine destinations like Greve and Montalcino, and beautifully crumbling towns like Cortona, made famous by Frances Mayes in Under the Tuscan Sun. . (MSNBC -- Travel)
Where to find rustic inspiration Oct 22, 2007
It's based on the best-seller by Frances Mayes, who chronicles the year spent restoring this aging Tuscan beauty. Candle glow. (AZCentral -- Home)
A festival under the Singaporean sun Oct 17, 2007
For example, a dinner at Raffles Hotel will be preceded by an evening concert by Zukerman and a literary dinner with the best-selling author Frances Mayes (who co-founded the Cortona festival with Wissman and his wife, the cellist Nina Kotova). Mayes's event will be hosted at one of Singapore's premier restaurants, Au Jardin Les Amis, with the celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli taking over the kitchen. (International Herald Tribune)
Tuscan Sun Fest: Talent in high places Aug 16, 2007
Armed with water bottles and sunscreen, festival goers by day climb to the 600-meter-high Medici fortress for a view down onto the Tuscan plain, and visit spots associated with the 2003 film based on Frances Mayes' book "Under the Tuscan Sun.". Ducking into trattorias to avoid quick rainstorms and seeking shade on some fiercely hot days, music and visual art followers have enlivened what turns out to be a relatively low-key, only mildly commercialized spot, free of the armies of tourists that... (CNN -- Travel)
OUT OF THE HOUSE! Jul 11, 2007
Frances Mayes book Under the Tuscan Sun, was set in the town of Cortona, but dont hold that against it. This village shimmers on a steep hill north of Lake Trasimeno, and makes for a great day of exploration. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Book Reviews Jul 8, 2007
Without Reservations and Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman by Alice SteinbachFor those of you solo-travel sissies like me, who were inspired, entertained and emboldened by Frances Mayes book Under the Tuscan Sun, youll love tagging along with Alice Steinbach in her tales of adventure in Europe. Without Reservations is Steinbachs memoir/journal/instruction manual in which she describes her sabbactical from her newspaper career and transplants herself in the daily lives of... (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
How I fell for the Cotswolds Apr 1, 2007
In search of the quintessential English village experience, American travel writer Frances Mayes hired a Cotswold cottage and set about exploring the area's gardens, stately homes, pubs and tea rooms ... This is an edited extract from A Year in the World by Frances Mayes (Bantam Books). (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Bestsellers List Mar 29, 2007
A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller Frances Mayes, Broadway, $15, 9780767910064 The large, inviting world beyond Tuscany comes to paperback. Hardcover Fiction. (Scranton Times, PA)
One liberal stands behind Libby Feb 3, 2007
" Under the Tuscan Sun" author Frances Mayes held a book reading and signing at Suffolk University yesterday. Not-so-New Kid Joey McIntyre hosted a CD release party for his latest disc , "Talk to Me , " at The Plumm in NYC Wednesday. (Boston Globe)
