Mamma, Let's Cook

English Text.San Vendemiano, 2011; hardback, pp. 240, col. ill., cm 19,5x25,5. Avete mai pensato di coinvolgere i vostri figli in cucina? Se opportunamente stimolati, anche i più piccoli possono aiutare la mamma e il papà a preparare ricette semplici e gustose! Le ricette, pratiche e concise, di Maria Castellano e le fotografie di Stefano Scatà conducono in un mondo in cui la cucina si trasforma in un luogo di crescita e di allegria. Con le illustrazioni di Monica Parussolo ogni bambino si sentirà parte integrante della preparazione. E l'entusiasmo non mancherà di certo... Ogni occasione può essere buona per sperimentare: dallo spensierato brunch domenicale al più impegnativo compito di matematica; dall'addobbo dell'albero di Natale alla festa della mamma e a quella del papà; dall'arrivo dell'amica straniera al pigiama party; dal pranzo coi nonni fino al picnic primaverile sotto l'albero. Non mancano suggerimenti e informazioni di base sulla sicurezza e l'ordine in cucina, le regole fondamentali per imparare ad apparecchiare la tavola e il primo bon ton per i più piccoli.

Swiss born (1969), Milanese by adoption, and Roman at heart, Maria Castellano is a freelance who works with leading Italian chefs and teaches in prestigious cookery schools. These include Aurelio Carraffa's Mediterraneum and Eataly in Rome; Gli Amici di Babette in Bolognia, where she teaches bread- and pastry-making; Eataly in Turin; the Gambero Rosso schools in Rome; and recently also the cookery school heald aboard the MSC cruise ships and sponsored by Gente magazine. Her first book, Pane & Co. was published in 2010 by Bibliotheca Culinaria.

Born in Pordenone in 1956, following an arts degree from Bologna University, Stefano Scata became a photographer in 1984 and has worked for the leading Italian and international magazines. He specializes in travel photojournalism, paying particular attention to lifestyle. A great food lover, he soon came into contact with the world of food and everything in its orbit. The resulting books, in which the eye of the camera captures the soul of its subject with great simplicity, are characterized by great enthusiasm and freshness.

Born in Treviso (1984), Monica Parussolo studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, specializing in the teaching of art. She studied comic strips and illustration in Bologna and Samede, while becoming an expert in the work of Bruno Munari. She expresses herself principally with the forms and materials typical of childhood: stamps, colored and crumpled paper, textures, rubbings, colored masks, and small, everyday objects, giving her images that astonished quality that characterizes the world of each child.