1.0

Tedious and condescending. I liked the very beginning because I could dream about a fantasy life but quickly got annoyed. Her criticism of San Francisco because her round-round herb garden doesn't thrive as well as it would in Tuscany in the summertime ... and repeated references to her childhood cook pushed me over the edge. This review sums it up perfectly:
http://tonguesophistries.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/review-under-the-tuscan-sun-by-frances-mayes/