The beauty and simplicity of Tuscan countryside living beckons us. Come to Lucia's kitchen where only the freshest ingredients are allowed. Herbs are picked right from the garden and Italian opera provides the backdrop for an evening of cooking the "cuisine of the sun". Menu: spinach pasta with asparagus and lemon peel, baked yellow peppers with ricotta and herbs, basil and lemon chicken with summer squash and mushrooms, fresh sliced tomatoes with buffalo mozzarella and basil with balsamic vinegar and pine nuts, and buttermilk lemon cake with fresh berries and lemon verbena.

Lucia Bettler is past president of the International Herb Association, a certified aromatherapist, and a member of the Herb Society of America. She is the owner of Lucia's Garden, an herb store, and tends a thriving herb garden.

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