Spending time with our family and friends has never felt so important – and so often this means cooking for the ones you love.
Who better to take inspiration from than the Pasta Grannies who have spent their lifetimes plating up comfort and connection. Vicky Bennison, the author of the bestselling Pasta Grannies cookbook and creator of the hugely popular YouTube channel of the same name, is back to bring you more recipes and stories from the much-loved Italian grandmothers that shows you how to make authentic Italian food that everyone will enjoy.
In this second volume Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking Vicky introduces you 60 of the most popular nonne from the YouTube channel and their recipes to bring you a double dose of soulful food, made with love. Discover 91 year-old Pina’s chestnut gnocchi with walnut pesto, lovingly made with ingredients she grows around her home in Liguria; or 99 year-old Marietta’s special tagliatelle recipe, which is not really a recipe at all but a reflection of her vegetable garden, the Calabrian countryside and the changing seasons. As well as meat, seafood and vegetable pasta recipes, chapters also cover pizzas, pastries and pies, rice and pulses, dairy and herbs, nuts and spices.
And every recipe is accompanied with a QR code which will take you directly to the YouTube videos so you can see these remarkable women in their kitchens. Complete with stunning location and recipe photography throughout, and a clear guide to pasta making by hand and the best tools and ingredients, Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking is not only a celebration of cooking and feasting together, it’s an insight into their lives, and a joyous slice of Italian life. Buon appetito!