The days get shorter and the desire to get comfortable on the sofa to read a book increases in proportion. Here is our selection of 5 books for the month of October: for cooking while still dreaming of summer, for making the home and kitchen even more comfortable places and for experimenting, reflecting on the meaning of life. Enjoy the reading!

Cristina Mauri
Simply green. Veg, good and sustainable recipes for the whole family
Red Editions
19.50 euros

A cookbook in which all preparations are tried and true for real. To dispel some clichés about vegetable cooking: it is not demanding and the ingredients are not difficult to find. The author has imagined recipes suitable for the whole family, with multiple levels of complexity (of realization and taste), from the simplest, perfect for children, to the most complex in which the flavors are superimposed or complementary. And then many practical tips on how to organize the pantry starting from the idea of ​​buying in a conscious way to reduce waste. For children (and not only) gluttons there is also a chapter dedicated to breakfast, snacks and snacks.

Adriana Fusè Mauri
All. Very. Simple. The "3 steps" method to always have a tidy and clean house
Gribaudo
18.50 euros

Much more than a simple tidying manual… A real guide to reflection on our way of living and organizing physical and mental spaces. And the kitchen cannot be missing, the heart of the house, a meeting place for all affections. Here too the 3-step method, emptying, cleaning, filling, is the right one. While in another room every now and then you can ignore it and let the mess progress slowly, in the kitchen, no. The number 1 rule for the author? Always have the sink clean and shiny, so the whole house will cascade a little at a time.

Mattia Baroni, Lorenza Conterno, Manuela Vanni
Fermentations. Technique and recipes to best use them in modern cooking
Italian Gourmet
75 euros

Garum, shoyu, kimchi, koji, kefir and kombucha intrigue you? Are you already an expert in fermentation? Here is a complete manual with history and recipes, reflections and thoughts on the very concept of transformation. Because fermenting is attention for the planet and also an exercise in freedom. Everything around us changes and discovering the rules is exciting, also because it often happens independently of our will. From the first basic experiments to the most complex recipes.

Salvatore Marchese
Muscles. Stories and recipes of our own mussels and unknown mussels
Tarka
18 euros

Loving stories and memories, love stories and anecdotes, artistic references and personal passions. Everything revolves around mussels, loved and narrated by the author in this curious book which is also a rich recipe book. You can choose between those of the Modern Apicius, those of Auguste Escoffier, the traditional ones and those given to the author by his restaurateur friends and those created by himself. Try it "Black egg tagliatelle, mussels, cedar and sweet herb pesto".

Carotilla
Camilla Mendini
(Im) perfect sustainable. Daily gestures for sustainability within everyone's reach
Fabbri Editori
16 euros

Carotilla, the stage name of the author who has been dealing with these issues since 2016, tries to guide us readers into the fog of sustainability. To give meaning to this word, often emptied because it is not supported by concrete actions. An illustrated volume with many tips to try, one step at a time, to minimize our impact. Without fanaticism but with love for our planet.