My Italian Guestbook

Annette Joseph is an expert on entertaining, cooking, and styling. She regularly appears on the Today show and Martha Stewart Living Radio. Her recipes and party ideas have been featured in Better Homes and Gardens, Epicurious, Design Sponge, MSN, The Huffington Post, Southern Living, and Woman’s World, among others. She now enjoys sharing the many ideas, tips, and tricks she has gained as a nationally recognized photo stylist/producer specializing in lifestyle editorial images for magazines. With over twenty years of experience, her expertise includes photo styling for interiors, food propping, and special production projects. She conducts styling, photography, and cooking retreats in northern Tuscany. She is the author of many books, including Picture Perfect Parties, Cocktail Italiano, Italy Is My Boyfriend, and La Fortezza Cookbook.

"My Italian Guestbook is an upbeat collection of stories about Annette Joseph's revival of a twelfth-century fortress in the Lunigiana countryside. From the unexpected challenges of La Fortezza's first photo-styling workshop to a romantic liaison between a local butcher and an American vegetarian, the colorful characters and entertaining anecdotes in this galloping read are bound to make you crave a Tuscan adventure or three."