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Wanda Tornabene
Bio
Wanda and Giovanna Tornabene have run their restaurant out of the thirteenth-century abbey Gangivecchio, in Sicily's Madonie Mountains, since 1978. Their first book was La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecchio, which won the 1997 James Beard Award for Best Italian Cookbook. Wanda and Giovanna spend most of their time at Gangivecchio and also have a home in Palermo.Michele Evans is the author of thirteen previous cookbooks, and she is also a travel writer. Her Caribbean Connoisseur: An Insider's Guide to the Islands' Best Hotels, Resorts, and Inns is in its third edition. She is currently writing another cookbook, Groceries, and her first novel. She and her husband, Tully Plesser, are residents of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.