by Gigi | Feb 10, 2026 | Bianca's Cure
For centuries, women have, with a practical, observation-based botany, taken up the task of finding remedies. Closer to the era of Bianca, women like Caterina Sforza and Isabella Cortese created and protected family recipes, developing strategies and unlocking secrets... 
by Gigi | Feb 3, 2026 | Bianca's Cure
Readers may wonder what in Bianca’s Cure actually did happen. How much of the real Bianca is in my story? In many ways we only know the scaffolding—for example, that she was from Venice, that Francesco had restored a palace for her, Bianca Capello, 1580 (Alessandro...