Samantha Scala she made her debut as a writer for Lombardi Editori with her first work “Capo e Natina”, stories with recipes. After experiences in the world of entrepreneurship, architecture and design, in 2013 he founded the cultural food and wine association Be Ho.me supporting, with it, the promotion of the Sicilian territory, enhancing its identity, resources and vocation. It is the passion for the Sicilian gastronomic culture to push her to the writing of Capo and Natina. Page link FB
Culinary narrative book extolling the contrasts that characterize the Sicilian gastronomic culture, through an original narrative and fictional characters that enrich a volume of recipes told with grace, linguistic and dialectal refinement. An island, a farm, a couple. Capo and Natina, like two sides of the same coin, like two parts of a single name. The author of this volume embellishes her recipes with a journey to Sicily of traditions and abundance. The history, the various dominations, the cultural and social stratifications of the island and the complexity of the landscape find in the bittersweet caponata a tasty metaphor embodied, in this book of fantastic literary inventions and culinary certainties, by Capo and Natina.
The preface is a great name for Sicilian gastronomic journalism: Damiano Chiaramonte.
The photos are by Monique D'anna, undisputed professional of food photography, lives in Switzerland and holds the only traveling courses in Italy.
The illustrations to the recipes, summarized in the appendix, are by Alessia Bertuna: a student who has just graduated from Liceo Gagini in Syracuse, winner of the "Capo and Natina" competition, announced last March, thanks to which the most deserving student, , would have had the opportunity to be published in the book.
The new edition, revised and upgraded, was presented at the Salone Internazionale del Turin book, where it had unexpected success. From that moment on, there are many copies ordered on line, in addition to the most classic distribution in the most important libraries (Mondadori, Feltrinelli ..) But a singular phenomenon appears on the web: readers, after having appreciated and commented enthusiastically the first of the published tales On the Facebook page devoted to the book, they not only buy the copy but also follow, with equally enthusiasm, a trend begun almost by chance: Captain and Natina on tour.
Hundreds of photos depict the cover of the book in the hands of proud and smiling readers, in the warmth of their kitchen, in their suitcase ready to leave for the summer holidays but also in the most disparate locations: from New York to Switzerland, from Brianza to Marzamemi. In parallel, and consequently to the media and viral success, the will of the writer and her staff, of which Francesco Daluiso is the coordinator and director, was born to make Capo and Natina a brand. Bags, aprons and items for the home under the Capo and Natina brands ready to be sold online and in corners present in the best chains of household items. The presentation tour which will touch every Italian region has already started. There are many requests to share the traditional spirit of the book with one's own business. Bookshops, farmhouses and gastronomic activities will be the scenography and the changing stage of simple and genuine events during which the writer will "tell" Sicily as well as with her own recipes. Even beyond the strait.