Nicky Pellegrino

Alice wants to make the most of life - after all, she knows how fragile it can be - and knows she never feels more alive than when she's cooking....

The Villa Girls is the story of four young women....

In the drowsy heat of an Italian summer, four strangers arrive in a beautiful town nestled in the mountains of Basilicata, dreaming of a new adventure....

This isn't a midlife crisis, OK? For a start I'm not old enough yet to have one of those. I'm calling it a happiness project....

Janetta has never wanted to live a small, everyday sort of life. She's an adventurer, a food writer who travels the world visiting far-flung places and eating unusual things....

Stella has life under control - and that's the way she likes it....

In a remote Sicilian mountain town, four women arrive at a cookery school, each at a turning point in their lives....

My heart is less than 1% of my body, it weighs hardly anything; it's only a tiny piece of me, yet it's the part Helen finds most interesting....