Gennaro Contaldo might have dedicated his life to Italian food, but admits he “didn’t know” just how much variety there is in his country’s cuisine. “It’s incredible – I didn’t know myself,” says ...

In this impressive cookbook of sweet and savory baked goods, Italian-born chef Contaldo (Gennaro Slow Cook Italian), now living in the U.K., compiles diverse recipes ...

Gennaro Contaldo puts a bowl of penne in front of me. “Eat! Enjoy it!” he says. It’s 10am, but you don’t turn down pasta at a famed Italian chef’s house – no matter what time it is. He made it from ...

Gennaro says the pasta machine is not essential and that “Italian mammas” will often do it with a rolling pin although this is a lot more effort. The resulting pasta can be used however you like. If ...

"There is no limit to the joys of pasta," writes chef Contaldo (Panetteria) in this excellent cookbook. He sorts the 100 recipes into four main pasta types that include classics and inventive ...

Gennaro cooks up a feast and talks to the team about his new book The Pasta Book.