I loved reading this book. Europe has always been my future and nothing would be better than recreating a part of its past. plus, reading this it made me really hungry because she was cooking seeminly delightful treats all the time!

Frances Nayes opens the door on a new world when she buys and renovates an abandoned villa in Tuscan. She takes the reader along as she discovers the beauty and simplicity of life in Italy. She also creates dozens of seasonal recipes in her kitchen and includes them in this book.

Lots of fun to read--you feel like you are in Italy!

movie meets recipe book. although if you liked the movie - there are few resemblances.

Good book, good recipes.

Interesting story, slow at times. Large focus on food-even had recipes! Very different from the movie, but still a great read!

An interesting memoir, better than the movie

I personally found it annoying to read about someone else's travels in this Tuscan paradise. It was more about the country and the food than having a particular plot that sucked me in. It's like listening to your neighbors talk about their Italian vacation. Great, when do I get to go?

The true account of Frances Mayes life in Tuscany. Her writings describe her life with such imagry that you almost feel like you are there with her. This is a true account, unlike the movie. I really enjoyed it.

This book is so much better than the movie. It is a well-written story of Italy, remodeling a house and discovering Italian cooking and the beautiful country side and it's inhabitants.

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I just could not get past the beginning.

There are only a handful of books that I started and never finished, this was one of them. It's a great story, buying a house in Italy and restoring it. But I really don't care about what paint you chose that you talked about for 4 pages. And how you dug up some pots in the back yard that you have now restored. She talks about going to the market to buy fresh produce in every chapeter. We understand that the tomatos are the freshest you have ever seen. Whop-di-do.

How exciting would it be to get away from it all and go to Italy and buy an abandoned villa in the Tuscan countryside! A girl can always dream.

loved the movie, but didn't read the book, but am
sure it's just as good.

I loved this book!

It has always been my fantasy to buy a villa in Italy. This is a great book.

From the cover:
"Frances Mayes opens the door to a wondrous new world when she buys and renovates an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. In sensous and evocative language, she brings the reader along as she discovers the beauty and simplicity of life in Italy. An accomplished cook and food writer, Mayes also creates dozens of delicious seasonal recipes from her traditional kidtchen and simple gard, all of which she includes in the book. A celectration of the extraordinary quality of life in Tuscany, Under the Tuscan Sun is a feast for all the senses."

This is a great book, easy read. Better than the movie.

I loved the book and the movie.

Saw the movie, loved it.
Read the book, loved it even more!

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