presented by
Patricia Wells
Journalist, Author and Teacher

Patricia Wells is considered among the most prominent American authorities on French food. For more than 20 years, she has divided her time between Paris and Chanteduc, her farmhouse in northern Provence. From there, she visits farmers and chefs, shopkeepers and bakers, sampling their wares and learning their secrets. Join us as Ms. Wells takes us on a culinary and cultural tour of France, focusing on the bounty of flavorful French vegetables and the impassioned farmers who grow them as well as the inspired chefs who so beautifully serve them. Her latest book, “Vegetable Harvest,”($34.95) captures the legacy of the bounty.. Ms. Wells will be signing copies of her book, and all profits from the sales will be used to fund the Culinary Historians of Chicago.

Biographical notes: Patricia Wells is the restaurant critic for the International Herald Tribune in Paris, and the author of several best-selling cookbooks, including The Paris Cookbook, The Food Lover’s Guide to Paris, The Food Lover’s Guide to France, Bistro Cooking, and Patricia Wells at Home in Provence. She also conducts cooking programs in France. A native of Wisconsin, Patricia was a food writer and editor for the New York Times. Patricia and her husband, Walter, make their home in France.

Program hosted at the Chicago History Museum.