The civilization of a people and a community is also measured (but, maybe, above) from her kitchen and taste for food. The pleasure one gets reconciled with life and makes you forget the worries and difficulties. The new book on the kitchen Procida, published by "Fioranna", by Maria Iovine, which will be presented on Thursday 31 July, at 20, the Chiaiolella within the Book Fair, is in its kind a sort of raid, rich lyrical ideas and loving, in the culinary traditions of the island. And it is also a celebration in memory of the many women who have dedicated Procida years to cook for others, in the family and in restaurants, often need to, but more often for the sake of art. Why prepare a dish is above all an act of love and passion. And speaking, already in the subtitle, of "Procida in the kitchen" as if to underline, in an age like the present where behind the stove are the masters males, the importance of women in the kitchen. At first glance it would seem almost a stance sexist, but it is not. The truth, Instead, is that women, over the centuries, and in times of safe darkest of our, have always due arrabattare with few ingredients available to them, but with a lot of imagination, to create dishes as enjoyable as possible. The title of the book is "Recipes of the sea and the island" as if to emphasize the interdependence of Procida and the surrounding sea. Our island is a microcosm, heir of an ancient civilization, who knows of land, wind and salty sea. And in her kitchen you can smell the earth hoed of fresh and sea. The bright book cover, reproducing the poster of Mario Puppo 1952, shows a typical architecture Procida with a wheelchair when a passenger dressed in white appears very relaxed, how to give substance to the title at the bottom "Procida, the island of tranquility ". This page alone reduces the whole sense of the book and by the measure of the maturity reached by the publisher editorial Fioranna. The publication traces in a kind of loving amarcord the history of the last fifty kitchen Procida, sixty years through photos of his protagonists shooting in attitudes and spontaneous moments of their simple daily life. Scroll through the glossy pages of this book with wonderful illustrations of the dishes prepared and on display stimulates the imagination and taste buds of the reader.

As well as photos of the artichokes and sea urchins appear to transmit the smell of the earth and of the sea. The publishing house "Fioranna" with this work was intended to add another brick to the building bodied literary and cultural, for several years now, valuing intellectual energies local, is building around Procida. Vast and demanding commitment that goes far beyond the pure commercial interest to come to a deep love for the island, its culture, its history and its traditions. The publishing house "Fioranna", which in recent years has become a sort of icon in the cultural isolate, well aware of the importance of culture as a driving social and economic, continues long a project regarding Procida: to know the island in the world starting with work relating to its history, its traditions, its folklore and its crafts. And also its cuisine.

In this perspective enroll publications up to now, how, for example, among other, "Project linen ...", "Procida on the day of the Mysteries", "Ancient wisdom Procida", "From- vote ". And that's just to name a few. Ambitious project, that despite the difficulties and the inevitable misunderstandings with someone, is already bearing fruit. The writer is convinced that the sagacity and enthusiasm of this editor will have because of the difficulties with all the positive effects of Procida and Procida.