We all wish we could spend a little time cooking with an Italian Nonna. Vicky Bennison created the amazing Pasta Grannies YouTube Channel dedicated to the wonderful ladies of Italy . . . get ready to discover the secrets of authentic pasta making from those who really know how!
Vicky’s latest book titled Pasta Grannies: The Secrets of Italy’s Best Home Cooks, recently won won the James Beard Book Award for a Single Subject. It is full of unique yet accessible pasta styles, from all corners of Italy.
Vicky has a home in Marche, central Italy. Her inspiration for Pasta Grannies was that she noticed it was only older women who made pasta by hand on a daily basis.
“Those over 80 years old are the last generation who had to do this to put food on the table – for everyone younger it is a choice.”
“I thought two things: I’d like to make a record of their skills; and secondly, this is a good opportunity to celebrate older women who are too often invisible in the food media.”