Pasta Grannies: The Secrets of Italy's Best Home Cooks Hardcover – Illustrated, 17 Oct. 2019

This is a great book if you: (i) like pasta (baffled by those complaining that this book is about pasta... clue is in the title); (ii) don't mind cooking from scratch to eat food you just can't get in most restaurants; (iii) have some basic pasta skills.I've made pasta before so I was fine following the instructions. If you haven't, photography is no substitute for watching people do it (that's how every pasta granny learnt to make pasta after all), so just go on the youtube videos and watch people do it. The fact that there is an amazing supplementary youtube channel associated with this book is not a reason to downgrade it, it's a reason to upgrade it. And no, the youtube channel is not a substitute for the book - the book contains the quantities and descriptions, the videos just show you how it's done if you need the extra help.I use the book for reference if I have an ingredient I want to use for dinner, and everything I have cooked has come out really well. There are really good regional recipes in here that would take most of us a lifetime of travel to discover, and it's a brilliant concept to preserve those recipes in an age where the global food industry has homogenised foods.I've already pre-ordered the second book!

I bought this book after watching the Youtube channel, and it does not disappoint! For those who are interested in the regional diversity of pasta, as well as making your own, this book contains a good collection of recipes suitable for everyday meal and dinner parties. There is a good selection of vegetarian ones as well as meat/seafood ones to choose from. It is also interesting to see how the dough recipe varies through different regions. It is a beautiful, down to earth book, that is practical for everyday use, yet contains a wealth of heritage that one day could be lost. I'm very please with my latest additional to my collection of pasta books, and it's a new favourite!

Bought this because of my love of Italy and it's food and after watching the youtube channel of the same name for years.The channel does great work and the books are a brilliant edition. Bought both books, multiple times to share with the family too.Thank you

An excellent book, entertaining, interesting and informative.

It's unique cookbook (imo) but would really benefit from more photographs. As someone who doesn't cook Italian food very often I love to see what I'm going to be eating before I decide to put time into making it. The recipes are simple to follow and the pasta is easy to make.

This is such a down to earth book, showing both simply how to make pasta and to combine with the delicious recipes for sauces from these expert and age old connoisseurs of Italian cooking.I'm going to work my way through and attempt to recreate some of these time honoured recipes.This is a fantastic cook book which puts the food and the people who inspire it first, rather than lots of glossy pictures of celebrity chefs..Buy it!

Insightful and well written a wonderful story for keeping the history and traditions of this delicious product alive. Well worth a read. The recipes are easy to create and many take no time at all.

A brilliant book for every pasta enthusiast