“I call myself a free spirit and it worked out great. With nowhere to stay and not speaking French, Knight nevertheless enrolled in École de Cuisine La Varenne, a well-known culinary school in Paris. “I heeded their advice and at 22 got on a plane and went to Paris.” “From the time I was very little, my mother and grandmother always told me I had talent and should pursue it,” she said. Knight said she has enjoyed cooking since she was a child. Every day I go out and talk to all my fruits and veggies,” she said. Since then, she has added more trees and plants to her Mediterranean-style garden. I put in three raised beds and decided to throw myself into it.” I had two existing orange trees and planned an avocado, a fig, a pomegranate and a Meyer lemon. “About 10 years ago, I redesigned my backyard. “I’ve always loved nature and plants,” she said. Knight combined several of her interests in the book, including her passions for gardening and cooking. The book, which was published last year, goes back and forth in time as the main character, an art curator in San Francisco, finds herself in ancient Agrigento.
