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Because of her knowledge and experience, Patricia Wells is recognized as the  leading American authority on French food, and as an important point of reference also for general information about food and cooking. Thanks to Google, here are a few links to recent mentions of her work from a selection of publications and Web sites.

A Recipe for Heaven — Gourmet Live
By Kelly Senyei
Gourmet Live guest columnist Joe Dolce takes us on the ultimate truffle hunt in Provence as he joins French food expert Patricia Wells in searching for and cooking with one of the world's most indulgent ingredients. ...
Gourmet Live - http://live.gourmet.com/

Movie brings back memories for Paula Lambert
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
Linda Waterman organized a plan for Julia, author Patricia Wells, food editor Susy Davidson and me to present a program in Cannes. ...

Cookbook of the day – The Paris Cookbook  "So You Want To Be A Waiter"
By teleburst
Famed food author Patricia Wells has written a love letter to Parisian life. Having lived in France since 1980, she's at home in the glittering night life of Paris or the slow calm of her home in Provence, which she has also written ...

Always Ravenous: Champagne Grape Cake
By Jane - www.alwaysravenous.com
Patricia Wells has long been a favorite cookbook author of mine. I have a number of her books, one of my first Patricia Wells acquisition was Patricia Wells at Home in Provence. Paging through my well used copy, I have noted "excellent" ...

Suddenly, salads are cool - a cool meal, that is
Andalusia Star-News - Andalusia,AL,USA
This is a great summer salad from Patricia Wells with a classic combination of fresh dill and refreshing cucumbers, seasoned with just a touch of vinegar ...

Moments of Delight...Anne Reeves: Paris: Patricia Wells
Moments of Delight...Anne Reeves - http://anadesigns.blogspot.com
In 1995, Patricia Wells sent out a press release announcing that she would begin hosting classes called "At Home with Patricia Wells." A week long food-lover's experience in France filled with trips to the farmers' market, wine tasting ...

Lose It and Eat: Grilled Tuna with espelette pepper
By lnross
Wow, I just made Patricia Wells Tuna Strips in espelette pepper and the dish was wonderful. Crispy crust, juicy interior, medium rare to rare. Served with steam haricots verts with lemon salt and twice baked potatoes. Delightful. ...

Keepers: Recipes Worth Keeping: Staying on Top of the Weight Issue
By Katharine Kunst
Aloha Days Hula Nights; FARMfood; Field of Greens; Full Moon Feast; New American Table; Nigella Express; Patricia Wells' Bistro Cooking; Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen; Ripe for Dessert; The Greens Cookbook; The Illustrated Quick Cook ...

snip of spring

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA

Patricia Wells' "Vegetable Harvest: Vegetables at the Center of the Plate" (William Morrow, 2007, $34.95) is the source for the Potato and Chive Omelet and ...

Food Critic and Cookbook Author Patricia Wells on Writing, Cooking, and Running
Louise McCready Interview - www.huffingtonpost.com
James Beard Award winning cookbook author Patricia Wells started as a food critic in the U.S., and then Paris. Today, she runs marathons to keep in shape and teaches disciples how to cook simple, healthy, and delicious dishes. I stopped by Patricia's pad in Paris ...

Cooking the Books with Rebecca Federman
Publishers Weekly - New York,NY,USA
RF: Bistro Cooking by Patricia Wells is one of my favorites. Marcella Hazan and Lidia Bastianich write great Italian cookbooks. And I love Vij’s, ...

Truffle Dinner, Redux - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com
Bitten - http://bitten.blogs.nytimes.com
Those of you who remain curious about the truffle dinner at Patricia Wells’s kitchen last week — or those who’d like to see some good pictures of the dinner — might visit Dorie Greenspan’s site to see her latest post. ...

Patricia Wells’ Fusili with Sausage, Fennel and Red Wine | Tink's ...
Tink's mom, dot com - http://www.tinksmom.com/wordpress
Patricia Wells calls this a hearty cold-weather pasta. I call it an Is it winter? Is it spring? My family's suffering from allergies but it's so damn cold I...

Top chefs sharpen knives for charity
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
A few months after Leung's landmark restaurant in Shanghai opened, critic Patricia Wells wrote: "It's been a long time since I got up from the table after ...

Truffles and More, With Patricia Wells - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com
Bitten - http://bitten.blogs.nytimes.com
Two years ago, I wrote a piece about cooking in Paris with Patricia Wells, the cookbook writer, proprietor of a great cooking school, former restaurant reviewer for the International Herald Tribune, co-author with Joel Robuchon, ...

Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and ...
Rancho Gordo: Experiments from... - http://ranchogordo.typepad.com/rancho_gordo_experiments_
In the 1980s, if you were of a certain age and interested in food, the arrival of Patricia Wells' Bistro Cooking opened up new worlds and was an incredibly important book. It was for me. And all my friends as...

Nutmeg's Spice of Life: Orb of Joy!
By Margie MacKenzie
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Micahel Pollan; Do It For Less Parties! by Denise Vivaldo; Country Cooking of France by Anne Willan; Vegetable Harvest by Patricia Wells; The Niman Ranch Cookbook by Bill Niman and Janet Fletcher; Salt, ...
http://nutmegspiceoflife.blogspot.com/

You'll have had your tea?: Spinach and Lemon Hummus
By Marie
At Home in Provence by Patricia Wells; Big Sky Cooking by Meredith Brokaw and Ellen Wright; Big Small Plates by Cindy Pawlcyn; Burger Bar by Hubert Keller; Casa Moro by Sam&Sam Clark; Floyd on France by Keith Floyd; Ottolenghi: The ...

http://youllhavehadyourtea.blogspot.com/

The Hungry Hipster « radio tania
radio tania - http://radiotania.wordpress.com
Patricia Wells Bistro Cooking. Of all my books on French cooking, this one won because the others are out of print. This one is pretty good and very useable, with simple bistro-family style recipes (as opposed to Escoffier aspics and ...

THIRD ANNUAL CULINARY EXPERIENCE GALA SET FOR MAY 17, 2009
MediaSyndicate (press release) - USA
Members of the National Culinary Council for this fantastic event include Jacques Torres, Known as “Mr. Chocolate” & Food Network host, Patricia Wells, ...

Paris Favorites: Eating, Drinking and Shopping
David Lebovitz - http://www.davidlebovitz.com
Patricia Wells, of Patricia Wells.com (Author: Bistro Cooking and The Paris Cookbook). Favorite Steak Tartare. "As an American in France, getting into the French staple of steak tartare means getting past it's resemblance to an uncooked ...

Free Range on Food: CulinAerie and Other Cooking Schools, Irish ...
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Patricia Wells in Paris. (Though they are both very expensive.) I say, go for it. Avid Food fan: I love the Post food section, but I don't understand why I ...

Cooking with class
The Almanac Online - Menlo Park,CA,USA
She also has used recipes from Patricia Wells' cookbook, "Bistro Cooking." Ms. MacKenzie's kitchen will be the setting for four Saturday morning cooking ...

My Carolina Kitchen: Market Day 3 in the south of France ...
My Carolina Kitchen - http://mycarolinakitchen.blogspot.com
Join us next time on our tour of Provence as we visit one of Patricia Wells’ favorite bistros – Le Bistrot du Paradou. While we were dining there we met Fran Warde, author of numerous cookbooks, including My French Kitchen, ...

Lively dust: Individual ricotta cheesecakes
Lively dust - http://livelydust.blogspot.com
So I got out Patricia Wells' Trattoria and adapted her recipe for ricotta cheesecake with pine nuts and raisins. To produce four little custard cups of ricotta cheesecake, I threw this into the food processor: slightly more than a cup ...

Rich and Spicy Hot Cocoa « Mon Appétit
Mon Appétit - http://cynthianims.wordpress.com
While I was working for Patricia Wells in Paris 15-plus years ago, one of my tasks was researching the hot chocolate spots in town. Granted, in Paris that was a pretty fantastic assignment! I remember the chocolat chaud at Angelina’sas ...

Famous cookbook author plans culinary tour in VN
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - Patricia Wells, one of the world's renowned food critics ... Paris-based Wells, whose book Patricia Wells at Home in Provence won the ...

Famous cookbook author plans culinary tour in VN
SGGP - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Patricia Wells, one of the world's renowned food critics and cookbook authors, ... Paris-based Wells, whose book Patricia Wells at Home in Provence won the ...

Great Outdoor Grill Cooking Recipe Video by Patricia Wells
Learn new outdoor grill recipes from renowned Fresh Vegetable author Patricia Wells.

Book review: Everyone’s a critic
http://jacksonville.com/patricia_and_walter_wells/2009-02-13/story/everyones_a_critic_books

Chronicle Food staffers pick their go-to books
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
"Bistro Cooking," by Patricia Wells (Workman). Not only is this a great cookbook, with recipes that are simple to duplicate, but when I went to France I ...

A resolution to eat well and on a budget
goTriad.com - Greensboro,NC,USA
... Vegetables" (Alice L. Waters) and "Vegetable Harvest: Vegetables at the Center of the Plate" (Patricia Wells) provide more inspiration and guidance. .

No fogão, uma pitada de ciência e de folclore
Terra Brasil - São Paulo,SP,Brazil
Ela se recordou de Patricia Wells, escritora de culinária que mora na França, perguntando sobre vodca no penne: "ela disse, 'Shirley, por que tão pouca ...

A Southern Season: US Winner of the 2009 gia Award
Gourmet Retailer - Coral Gables,FL,USA
Whether it's a book signing like the one the store held with Patricia Wells this past Thanksgiving weekend, or a tasting in one of the store's demonstration...

What the fork?
Michigan Journal (subscription) - Detroit,MI,USA
I don't care if you're the love child of Thomas Keller and Patricia Wells; if your potatoes are rotten, then your freedom fries are going to suck and no ...