The Pasta Grannies podcast is hosted by Vicky Bennison, creator of the successful YouTube Channel, Pasta Grannies! In her videos, she travels Italy collecting real Italian grandmothers to share their delicious, traditional cooking with you.
This brand-new podcast will pay homage to these wonderful nonnas and their recipes.
Each week, Vicky will be joined by a well-known guest who will choose their favourite nonna recipe from the Pasta Grannies’ library, and together, they will recreate it in Vicky’s kitchen.
While they cook, they will chat about all things food, family and life.
Then of course, they get to taste their efforts to see if they match up to the expert nonna’s skills!
Whether you are new to Pasta Grannies or a die-hard fan, do join us for our podcast for your weekly dose of cooking, chatting and a lot of laughs! Ciao!
Produced by Megan Macqueen. Edited by Dave Depares.
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Happy Holidays from the Pasta Grannies team! This is the last podcast episode of Season 1. Thank you for listening and we will return with a brand new Season 2 of the podcast in 2025.
In this special Holiday episode, we went to visit Canadian-born concert pianist, Hershey Felder at his Tuscan home in Florence, Italy. We visited Hershey in the height of summer so hopefully this episode brings you some warmth and sunshine this Winter season! Hershey has been a guest on the Pasta Grannies YouTube channel before, cooking a lasagna for us. He loves cooking pasta in his spare time, and confesses he wishes he was a pasta granny himself! For this episode, Hershey chose to make a basil flavoured pasta called Scialatielli by a granny called Felice that she prepared with a local smoked mozzarella. Felice was one of the first grannies Vicky ever filmed for Pasta Grannies, so it is fitting for this special Christmas episode.
Watch the video of Felice from Amalfi making her delicious basil flavoured pasta called Scialatielli, prepared with smoked mozzarella and eggplant or aubergine: https://youtu.be/NEFxfv2oE_Y?si=Hy_SOQPh3Wp-4nqM (https://youtu.be/NEFxfv2oE_Y?si=Hy_SOQPh3Wp-4nqM)
Follow us on Instagram @pastagrannies and for the exclusive video version of the podcast, head to our website pastagrannies.com (https://www.pastagrannies.com/) where you can join the Pasta Grannies Club.
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18 Dec 2024
Rosie Mackean makes Leondina's Cappelletti with Speck
Rosie Mackean, a trained chef and food stylist, shares her passion for pasta and cookery, revealing the secrets behind Leondina's Cappelletti with Speck and the joy of cooking for loved ones.
11 Dec 2024
The Alberti Twins make Neda and Renata's Lunghetti Pasta
The Alberti Twins, John and Tony, share their Italian heritage through a traditional Tuscan lunghetti pasta recipe with mushroom and sausage sauce, showcasing the power of food to connect cultures.
4 Dec 2024
Anissa Helou makes Maria and Rosaria's 'Ciceri e Tria' or chickpeas and pasta
Anissa Helou shares her life story and cooking expertise with Vicky as they explore the impact of unconventional upbringing on culinary passions and traditions.
27 Nov 2024
Ben Lippett makes Vanda's Pumpkin Cappellacci
Ben Lippett, a chef and food writer, puts a creative twist on Vanda's traditional pumpkin cappellacci recipe by pairing it with his hot honey.
20 Nov 2024
Luca Dusi makes Rosanna's Bigoli con Salsa
Luca Dusi, a wine expert from Verona, shares his expertise on pairing wine with bigoli con salsa, revealing the secrets to selecting the perfect wine and avoiding a corked bottle.
13 Nov 2024
Meliz Berg makes Rina's Orecchioni
Meliz Berg is a self-taught cook, recipe developer, TV presenter and content creator. She grew up in London, England and is of Turkish-Cypriot decent which is reflected in her delicious food. Meliz has just released her second cookbook, called Dinner Tonight. On today's episode, Meliz has chosen to make Rina's orecchioni, a ravioli stuffed with a 3 cheese and chard filling, although Meliz and Vicky have swapped the chard for spinach which was what was available at the time. The stuffed pasta is dressed with melted butter and sage. As they cook, Meliz tells Vicky all about her mum's influence on her cooking, and together they discuss the many comparisons between Italian food and the Turkish-Cypriot cuisine Meliz grew up with.
Watch Rina make her stuffed orecchioni served with butter and sage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjJ1fEJYFyg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjJ1fEJYFyg)
And don't forget to follow us on Instagram @pastagrannies and for exclusive content, head to our website pastagrannies.com (https://www.pastagrannies.com/)
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6 Nov 2024
Angelo Coassin makes Isolina's Gnocchi with Pesto
Angelo Coassin grew up in North East Italy but has lived in America and now lives in the UK. Angelo is a professional dancer and an actor, but he is best known as the creator of the successful Instagram channel @cookingwithbello where he shows off his passion for Italian cooking. He's just brought out his first cookbook ‘Cook Like A Real Italian’ which is full to the brim with Italian recipes passed down from generations in his family. In this episode, as well as discussing a lot about delicious Italian food, Angelo tells Vicky about the origins of his internet-famous catch phrase 'super sexy' and even teaches Vicky how to say it, Bello style!
Watch the video of 96-year-old Isolina make her delicious gnocchi with pesto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlhq1kIPpPc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlhq1kIPpPc)
And don't forget to follow us on Instagram @pastagrannies and for exclusive content, head to our website pastagrannies.com (https://www.pastagrannies.com/)
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30 Oct 2024
Chetna Makan makes Caterina's aubergine 'lasagne'
Chetna Makan is a wonderful cook and baker who takes inspiration from her upbringing in Central India. Having started out in fashion, she found a love for food after moving to the UK and appearing on the BBC's television series The Great British Bake Off. Her career has since gone from strength to strength and she has 8 cookbooks to her name, with a 9th one being released in 2025.
In this episode, Chetna recreates 90-year-old Caterina’s ‘lasagne’ - which is not lasagna as you know it! The word lasagne in this case refers flat, wide tagliatelle ribbons. Chetna tells Vicky all about her favourite sweet treats she makes for Diwali, the Hindi festival of light, which is celebrated during the week the podcast airs, on the 31st October 2024. The team at Pasta Grannies wishes everyone a happy Diwali, full of food, friends and family.
Watch the video of 90-year-old Caterina from Sicily make 'lasagne' with eggplant and tomato sauce: https://youtu.be/RnhlpQlYBwo?si=Vr4o-g9VRlpr-T2r (https://youtu.be/RnhlpQlYBwo?si=Vr4o-g9VRlpr-T2r)
And don't forget to follow us on Instagram @pastagrannies and for exclusive content, head to our website pastagrannies.com (https://www.pastagrannies.com/)
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23 Oct 2024
Jordon Ezra King makes Angela's Maccheroni
Jordon Ezra King is a chef who has worked in kitchens in London, Paris and Italy. He now concentrates on food writing and content creation. In this episode, Jordon shares with Vicky how years ago, he ditched a career in marketing after walking past a pizza restaurant - he bravely decided to go in and ask for a chef job despite having no kitchen experience, kicking off his career in food! He also chats about his passion for pasta making while they both get to grips making maccheroni using a busa (a thin grass stalk traditionally used to make the fine, tubular hole in pasta shapes like maccheroni and fusilli) which turns out to be much harder than they'd both first thought!
Watch the video of 94-year-old Angela, a poet from San Marco d'Alunzio in Sicily, make her maccheroni with a lamb ragu: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh-JbtHBhAE (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh-JbtHBhAE)
And don't forget to follow us on Instagram @pastagrannies and for exclusive content, head to our website pastagrannies.com (https://www.pastagrannies.com/)
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16 Oct 2024
Sophie Wyburd makes Marica's Strapponi Pasta
Sophie Wyburd is a cook, recipe writer and presenter from South London. She has just released her debut cookbook, Tucking In, which Sophie describes as an ode to comfort food, and it features plenty of pasta! In this episode, Sophie tells Vicky about her lifelong obsession with food, and they get into the all-important debate, are garlic peelers good or bad?
Watch the video of Marica from Tuscany making her strapponi pasta served with porcini mushroom and fresh mint: https://youtu.be/E5RLVCNbVtg (https://youtu.be/E5RLVCNbVtg)
And don't forget to follow us on Instagram @pastagrannies and for exclusive content, head to our website pastagrannies.com (https://www.pastagrannies.com/)
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9 Oct 2024
Judy Joo makes Peppa's Pici Pasta
Judy Joo is an American-Korean chef, cookbook author, restauranteur and TV host. She grew up in New Jersey in The States, and now lives in London, UK. On today's episode, Judy has chosen to recreate Peppa's pici pasta with a tasty garlic and tomato sauce. As they cook, Judy chats to Vicky about growing up in a home filled with her mum's pots and jars of fermenting foods, and shares why she left finance to pursue a career in food, that has gone from strength to strength.
Watch the video of 93-year-old Peppa from Tuscany making pici pasta: https://youtu.be/_zvt5KRwtx4 (https://youtu.be/_zvt5KRwtx4)
And don't forget to follow us on Instagram @pastagrannies and for exclusive content, head to our website pastagrannies.com (https://www.pastagrannies.com/)
Produced by Megan Macqueen. Edited by Dave Depares.
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2 Oct 2024
Eleanor Wilkinson makes Maria's Raschiatelli
Eleanor Wilkinson is a 28-year-old content creator who's just released her debut cookbook One Pot One Portion. On today's episode, Eleanor has chosen to recreate Maria's delicious raschiatelli pasta with a tomato and vegetable pepper sauce. While they cook, Eleanor talks to Vicky about leaving her job to pursue a career in food and how it led to her hugely popular instagram, and now a bestselling cookbook!
Watch the video of Maria from Basilicata make her raschiatelli: https://youtu.be/YnX-x9sVLU0 (https://youtu.be/YnX-x9sVLU0)
And don't forget to follow us on Instagram @pastagrannies and for exclusive content, head to our website pastagrannies.com (https://www.pastagrannies.com)
Produced by Megan Macqueen. Edited by Dave Depares.
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4 Sept 2024
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