Pamela Sheldon Johns is orignally from the United States but is living the dream and living in Montelpuciano in Tuscany. Pamela has dedicated her life to bringing the history and tradition of Italty's recipes to life in the pages of her cookbooks. Her most recent publication, Cucina Povera, celebrates Italy's peasant food. It's the kind of cookbook you want to curl up and read like a book with a nice glass of wine, some aged Pecorino and a dish of olives. Pamela hosts food and wine workshops from her farm, Poggio Etrusco, which was recently featured as one of the top ten culinary workshops in Italy by Food & Wine magazine. So if you're looking for a culinary adventure, be sure and visit her.