Patricia Wells facts for kids
Patricia Wells, born on November 5, 1946, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a famous cookbook author and teacher. She has written many books about cooking and food. She is also known for being a restaurant critic.
About Patricia Wells
Patricia Wells spends her time living in two beautiful places: Paris, France, and Provence, a region in southern France. She has written many books about food and cooking.
One of her books, Patricia Wells at Home in Provence, won a special award in 1996. It was the James Beard Award for Best International Cookbook. This award is like a big prize for excellent cookbooks.
Patricia Wells is also unique because she was a restaurant critic for a major French newspaper called L'Express from 1988 to 1991. She was the only American and the only woman to have this job for such an important French publication. A restaurant critic visits restaurants and writes reviews about the food, service, and overall experience.
Before that, she was also a restaurant critic for the International Herald Tribune from 1980 until 2007.
Her Amazing Cookbooks
Patricia Wells has written many popular cookbooks. Here are some of them:
- The Food Lover's Guide to Paris (1984)
- The Food Lover's Guide to France (1987)
- Bistro Cooking (1989)
- Simply French (1991)
- Patricia Wells' Trattoria (1993)
- Patricia Wells at Home in Provence (1996)
- L'Atélier of Joel Robuchon (1998)
- The Paris Cookbook (2001)
- The Provence Cookbook (2004)
- Vegetable Harvest (2007)
- We've Always Had Paris ... And Provence (2008) with Walter Wells
- Salad as a Meal (2011)
