Rachel Roddy is an award-winning food writer and weekly columnist in Guardian Feast. Rachel's first book Five Quarters won the André Simon Food Book Award in 2015, as well as the Guild of Food Writers' First Book Award. Her second book, Two Kitchens, was published in 2017 and her third An A to Z of Pasta in 2021. She has written for the Financial Times, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Internazionale and the Passenger magazine. She has lived in Testaccio in Rome since 2005 with her Sicilian partner and son. racheleats.wordpress.comFollow Rachel on Instagram @rachelaliceroddyFollow Rachel on X @racheleats

I felt that prickle of excitement that you get when you get your hands on a book that you know will be a friend in the kitchen for months and years to come.

Rachel Roddy is an award-winning food writer and weekly columnist in Guardian Feast. Rachel's first book Five Quarters won the André Simon Food Book Award in 2015, as well as the Guild of Food Writers' First Book Award. Her second book, Two Kitchens, was published in 2017 and her third An A to Z of Pasta in 2021. She has written for the Financial Times, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Internazionale and the Passenger magazine. She has lived in Testaccio in Rome since 2005 with her Sicilian partner and son. racheleats.wordpress.comFollow Rachel on Instagram @rachelaliceroddyFollow Rachel on X @racheleats

I felt that prickle of excitement that you get when you get your hands on a book that you know will be a friend in the kitchen for months and years to come.

Rachel Roddy is an award-winning food writer and weekly columnist in Guardian Feast. Rachel's first book Five Quarters won the André Simon Food Book Award in 2015, as well as the Guild of Food Writers' First Book Award. Her second book, Two Kitchens, was published in 2017 and her third An A to Z of Pasta in 2021. She has written for the Financial Times, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Internazionale and the Passenger magazine. She has lived in Testaccio in Rome since 2005 with her Sicilian partner and son. racheleats.wordpress.comFollow Rachel on Instagram @rachelaliceroddyFollow Rachel on X @racheleats

I felt that prickle of excitement that you get when you get your hands on a book that you know will be a friend in the kitchen for months and years to come.