Under the Tuscan Sun
Frances Mayes and her husband Ed restore an abandoned villa near Cortona, learning its stone walls, markets, and seasonal cooking one room and one meal at a…
2,619-word summary · 12 min read
memoir + travel
4 books tagged both “memoir” and “travel”.
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Bourdain on rough kitchens, past drug use, Les Halles years, and why you should never order fish on Monday.
2,562-word summary · 11 min read
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bryson and friend Katz attempt the Appalachian Trail with blisters, bears, and laughs.
2,660-word summary · 12 min read
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love retold: divorce, Italy for pleasure, India for practice, Bali for balance.
1,962-word summary · 9 min read