improving the lives of the disadvantaged, also included recipes published under the name "Petronilla" (in honour of the wife of Arcibaldo, main character in the Corriere dei Piccoli adventures), with the aim of spreading knowledge about healthy diets. Her writing style was very thoughtful of her uneducated audience, composed of young inexperienced wives and large families. She had a simple way of writing, offering humble recipes that were inexpensive, but still had a high nutritional value. In "La massaia scrupolosa" she also gave out household economics advices. Amalia was interpreting two different characters: an emancipated and educated woman and on the other side a housewife, dedicated to her husband and to taking care of the house. Several collections of these recipes were later published separately, including "Ricette" and "Altre ricette" which became best-sellers. Dottor Amal and Petronilla accompanied readers for 20 years through the dark times of World War II, when food rationing, bombing, malnutrition and hunger were terrible issues. Her column "La parola del medico" was held by Amalia from 1926 until her death. The advices of Dottor Amal spaced from simple daily issues, such as chilblains, to more serious ones, for example Tuberculosis or even the unhealthy diet based on polenta, a common meal in poor families. Two years after her first article, by the 1930s, she opened a new column about nutrition, "Tra I fornelli", in which she showed her knowledge on culinary art. After 1941 Petronilla’s cuisine became synonym of cuisine of less, meaning reproducing popular dishes without ingredients which were difficult to find at the time. Her last work, "200 suggerimenti per questi tempi", was written in 1943 during war times. Death The 11th of July 1947 she died in her house in Via Sandro Sandri, Milan. Acknowledgments June 18, 2016 the organization ENAIP Veneto dedicated Amalia Moretti Foggia a building in Conegliano, Italy (TV). This corporation manages professional training courses for young people, adults, companies and for apprenticeships. It also provides career guidance and accompaniment services and deals with professional qualification and retraining. They decided to dedicate her a headquarter because she is an example of culture, values and professionalism. She represents a role model for young women being the 3rd woman to graduate in medicine at the University of Bologna. Works Amalia's recipes were collected in the following books: Petronilla, Ricette Petronilla, Altre ricette Petronilla, Ancora ricette Petronilla, Ricette per questi tempi Petronilla,