There are plenty of heroins in literature and each of them has a history from which we can always learn something, because their hearts are full of damages, tears, love and happiness. Their houses smell of retiliation, their kitchens always hold a secret ingredient, ready to turn a grey day into a celebration. After La cucina incantata, the cookbook inspired by Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki’s films, Silvia Casini, Raffaella Fenoglio and Francesco Pasqua allow us to take a look into some of the most famous literary heroins’ kitchens. Hermione Granger, Katniss Everdeen, Lisbeth Salander and many more: women that are the perfect representation of the concept of freedom.
SILVIA CASINI
After her degree in Foreign languages and literature, she starts working as a project manager for the Istituto Internazionale per il Cinema e l’Audiovisivo di Gillo Pontecorvo e Sandro Silvestri. Following that, she starts specialising in strategic marketing and working with different production houses. Throughout the years she has been writing for various newspapers and websites and published books for several authors, such as Il gusto speziato dell’amore , L’astro narrante , Gli occhi invisibili del destino.
RAFFAELLA FENOGLIO
Her roots are based in Piemonte but she is from Liguria, and she’s the author of Tre Civette sul Comò, her first food blog that allowed her to publish her books Abbasso l’indice glicemico and Indice GliceAmico.
FRANCESCO PASQUA
With a degree in entertainment arts, he is the author of the short films Soltanto uno scherzo (winner of the International Film Festival in Manhattan) and Countdown (winner of two Nastri d’Argento). He worked as a story editor for the film Copperman (2019), whose main character was played by Luca Argentero. In 2020 he published the books Fuoritempo and Un tè con Mr. Darcy, written in collaboration with Silvia Casini and Raffaella Fenoglio.