We Can Feed The Body Through The Mind.

Today, and in this unique period, we must nourish our minds as much as our bodies. To do so, let’s start by eating healthy. We can then move onto clearing our thoughts, and what better way to achieve that than resorting to an old remedy, reading.

buononaturale wishes to keep you company during this new moment of human history by giving you reading suggestions. Bookstores may be closed but thanks to our smartphones (and e-book stores) we can technically carry entire bookstores in our pockets.

Here are our reading tips for this week:

• The first recipe book of Italian home cooking – 1891, ARTUSI: Today, there exist millions of recipes online. But, why not start with the progenitor of modern recipe books to discover ancient recipes as well as a literary gem?
• We can save the world before dinner. Why we are the climate – 2019, SAFRAN: The climate emergency is there for all to see; but, apparently, it always seems to be someone else’s problem. In this pamphlet the author tries to “convince strangers to do something” by mixing family stories, personal memories, biblical episodes, rigorous scientific data, and futuristic suggestions.
• Montedidio – 2002, DELUCA: “Who will go up to the mountain of God? Who has innocent hands and a pure heart.” In a moment where we cannot travel in the strict sense of the word, we can try to at least do so with our minds. Through this read, we shall visit one of the warmest cities in the world, Naples. More precisely the Montedidio district, through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old carpenter apprentice, who learns the job but also to think about the world.
• Decameron – 1350/53, BOCCACCIO: The most famous collection of short stories in the history of Italian literature, perhaps global literature too, indispensable in the library of every Italian culture enthusiast. Perhaps it is the book that comes closest to the situation we are experiencing: a group of young Florentines finds themselves out of town for ten days to escape the plague that is afflicting Florence, telling each other humorous stories in an isolated context of bucolic disenchantment.

We hope these stories will help you get through these days with greater carefreeness. What are your favorite books? Share your suggestions with us in a comment.