About the Author

Vicky Bennison is the creator of the highly successful 'Pasta Grannies', which has nearly two million followers across YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. Vicky’s first book, based on its success, has been translated into 6 languages; it won a James Beard Award, the equivalent of the food Oscars in America, for Best Single Subject in 2019; and the German translation was awarded Silver medal by the prestigious Gastronomischen Akadamie Deutschlands. Vicky has made live TV appearances on the Rachael Ray Show in America and BBC Breakfast in the UK, and been profiled in the New York Times, Financial Times and Sunday Times among many others. Disney Pixar asked Vicky to support the global launch of their animation Luca, a story of friendship and shared love of pasta. When not travelling through Italy filming grandmothers, Vicky likes gardening and spending time with her family and grandson, Raff.

Reviews

If your heart needs warming as much as your belly needs filling, this book will provide sustenance by the brimming bowlful.
*Delicious*

The grannies are back in a follow-up to Vicky Bennison's award-winning cookbook with 60 more family-friendly Italian recipes, like thick pizza from Sicily and chestnut gnocchi from Liguria.
*Jacqueline Raposo, Epicurious*

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!
*The West Country Foodlover*

Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking will be this year’s go-to book for people who are interested in Italian food and pasta.
*Eliza Dumais, Taste*

Unlike most cookbooks, Pasta Grannies realizes the potential of a collaborative project and brings together over a hundred favorite recipes from handfuls of Italian kitchens.
*Tasting Table*