Behind the Cookbook: The Authentic Pasta Book

Fred Plotkin is an expert on both Italian opera and Italian food. His regional Italian cookbooks on the cooking of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and of Liguria have already delighted users of ckbk, and we pleased to also now make available The Authentic Pasta Book, his canonical work on real Italian pasta. Below Fred recalls the journey which led to the writing and publication of this much-loved work.

Behind the CookbookSusan LowNovember 21, 2024Fred Plotkin, The Authentic Pasta Book, Pasta, Italy

Behind the Cookbook: Recipes from Paradise

Fred Plotkin’s Recipes From Paradise: Life and Food on the Italian Riviera is a love letter to Liguria, which he says “may be as close to paradise as one can find on this earth”. Plotkin tells ckbk why Liguria is the part of Italy that will always hold the most fascination for him.

Behind the CookbookRamona AndrewsJuly 23, 2021Fred Plotkin, Recipes from Paradise, La Terra Fortunata, The Authentic Pasta Book, Liguria, Italian Riviera, Genoa

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