September to Remember: Searching for Culinary Pleasures at the Italian Table (Book Three) - Lombardy, Tuscany, Compania, Apulia, and Lazio (Roma)

-Access to large writers’ club: The author is a long-standing state board member of the California Writers Club, which has over 2,100 members state-wide, and has been a speaker for national organizations and conferences such as the Women’s National Book Association and the annual San Francisco Writers Conference.

-Special-interest travel and culinary books continue to sell: Sales of travel and cookbooks continue to rise as people seek a certain sense of nostalgia and adventure in a politically charged time. Armchair travel books are also hitting an all-time high level of sales during the pandemic, from Frances Mayes’s Women in Sunlight: A Novel to Teresa Lust’s A Blissful Feast: Culinary Adventures in Italy’s Piedmont, Maremma, and Le MarcheStrong reviews from Booklist, Kirkus, Foreword Reviews, Pink Pangea (travel outlet), and Living France magazine Book One and Book Two in the series, Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, have received strong trade reviews.