Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m Claudia, an Italian-Venezuelan cooking, eating and dancing in Rome.
I love with veggies, suitcases, airports, hats, Christmas & books.
I live in Italy since I was 8 and after a long career in Human Resources, I decided it was time for a change. So I followed my passions. I founded an Italian food blog, the Gourmet Project a few years ago, to write down all I knew about Italian food and cuisine, and most of all, everything I was learning, constantly, on the way.
After a while I decided it was time to go a little deeper and give my readers something more, something they could literally take home, handle, and keep in their kitchen for consultation and inspiration, so I published an indie magazine: the Gourmet Mag.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Modena Issue of the Gourmet Mag, I was there last Winter and I loved every minute!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I stop writing and begin dancing every time I hear a song I like.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Isabel Allende, Paulo Coelho, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Italo Calvino, Italo Svevo
What are you working on now?
The Palermo Issue of the Gourmet Mag!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
still working on that!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
be yourself, always
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
do what makes you happy
What are you reading now?
De Masi is an Italian sociologist, I’m reading a book/interview so interesting it keeps me away from everything else for hours. Plus, it forces me to think of the present, the past, the future!
What’s next for you as a writer?
a book about my extravagant family
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Gone with the Wind, The House of the Spirits, Zeno’s Conscience, The Baron in the Trees
Author Websites and Profiles
Claudia Rinaldi Website
Claudia Rinaldi Amazon Profile
Claudia Rinaldi’s Social Media Links
Pinterest Account