Pasta Grannies: The Official Cookbook: The Secrets of Italy's Best Home Cooks

The official cookbook from the beloved Pasta Grannies YouTube channel, this award-winning collection celebrates the authentic regional pasta recipes, family stories and time-honoured techniques of Italy’s best home cooks.

WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION 2020 AWARD FOR BEST SINGLE SUBJECT COOKBOOK

For years, Vicky Bennison has travelled through Italy filming nonnas as they make pasta the traditional way: by hand, by memory, and with the quiet confidence that comes from a lifetime of cooking for family. In Pasta Grannies , she brings together more than 80 of their much-loved recipes, from simple everyday dishes to intricate regional pasta shapes passed down through generations.
This is a cookbook for anyone who wants to make real Italian food at home. With clear, accessible instructions, practical quantities and beautifully photographed recipes , it shows how fresh pasta can be achievable for home cooks – often with no specialist equipment required. Discover hand-rolled pici, stuffed pasta, rustic sauces, celebratory dishes and lesser-known regional recipes from across Italy.
But Pasta Grannies is more than a fresh pasta cookbook. It is also a joyful celebration of Italian home cooking, older women, family kitchens and the memories behind the food. Each recipe carries a story: of place, tradition, patience, skill and love.
Perfect for adventurous food lovers, home cooks, Italophiles, fans of the Pasta Grannies channel and readers who enjoy storytelling alongside their recipes, this is a book to cook from, read, gift and return to again and again.
Learn to make authentic Italian pasta by hand – and meet the remarkable women keeping these traditions alive.