My Model Kitchen: Pasta

By Cristina Ferrare

Cristina Ferrare brings her rich Italian heritage and modern culinary flair to life in her latest offering, "Cristina's Living Cookbook." This cookbook blends tradition with innovation, starting with beloved pasta recipes and expanding into a comprehensive culinary exploration. Filled with engaging recipes, this digital-first cookbook allows rea

• Language: English
• Publisher: Legible Publishing
• Release date: Feb 15, 2024
• ISBN: 9781738106332

Cristina Ferrare

Cristina Ferrare is a celebrated television personality, bestselling author, and culinary expert known for her vibrant, wholesome approach to cooking and lifestyle. With a career spanning over several decades, Cristina has captivated audiences with her warmth, charm, and practical advice on various popular TV shows, including "Home & Family" on the Hallmark Channel.Cristina's passion for food is evident in her numerous cookbooks, which blend delicious, easy-to-follow recipes with stories from her life and tips for healthy living. Her bestsellers, such as "Cristina Ferrare's Big Bowl of Love," showcase her commitment to using fresh, high-quality ingredients to create meals that nourish both body and soul.In addition to her culinary achievements, Cristina is a dedicated advocate for wellness and family-centric living. She emphasizes the importance of enjoying meals together, promoting a balanced lifestyle, and finding joy in everyday moments.Cristina's latest project involves a groundbreaking collaboration with a sous chef AI, offering an innovative, interactive cooking experience. This venture reflects her continuous drive to merge tradition with modernity, making cooking more accessible and enjoyable for everyone.With her infectious enthusiasm and genuine love for sharing good food and good times, Cristina Ferrare remains a beloved figure in the culinary world and beyond.

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Copyright © 2024 by Cristina Ferrare

All rights are reserved and no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, scanning, recording or otherwise, except as authorized with written permission by the publisher. Excerpts from this publication may be reproduced under licence from Access Copyright.

ISBN 978-1-73810-633-2 (epub)

Cover Photography by Gabriela Oltean

Photography Assistant: Eric Soboleski

Videography by Brian Johnson

Stories, text, photography by Cristina Ferrare

Recipes by Cristina Ferrare

Sous Chef AI developed by Legible

Distributed internationally by Legible

Legible Publishing

Vancouver, BC, Canada

www.legible.com/publishing

To my beautiful mother Renata

& Nona Imperia!

As Nona always said before

every meal, "Buon Appetito Tutti!"

Contents

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Cover

Introduction

Choosing Ingredients

Canned Tomatoes

Tomato Paste

Pasta

Cheese

Olive Oil

Wine For Sauce

Fresh Roma Tomato Sauce alla Renata

Cristina’s Pappardelle Bolognese

Cook’s Note

Farfalle With Fresh Tomatoes and Peas

How to Prepare Tomatoes

Wild Arugula Pesto

Cook’s Note

Cacio E Pepe

Pasta alla Crudaiola

Rigatoni Marinara With Ricotta Cheese

Pasta Bechamel il Formaggio

Spaghetti alle Vongole

Ten Minute Sauce alla Mimi

Meatless Meat Sauce

Cook’s Note

Lemon Angel Hair Pasta

Spaghetti Squash

Publisher’s Note

Cristina's cookbook integrates the Sous Chef AI, a unique digital companion, offering expertise directly from Cristina’s culinary world. This AI enhances each recipe with interactive guidance, ready to answer questions and provide insights, not just on the culinary processes but about the book’s content itself—available in multiple languages for every cook, everywhere. The Sous Chef AI is only available to readers on Legible

Welcome to

My Model Kitchen

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My Italian heritage has always been an important part of my life, so, for this very first volume of My Model Kitchen, I wanted to include traditional recipes for pasta from the regions in Italy where my mother and Nona grew up.

My mother is from La Spezia in the northern part of the Liguria region in Italy. My Nona is from Pisa, a province in the Tuscany region of central Italy.

Additionally, I wanted to pay homage to my father by including recipes for the sauces he would prepare, each one a reflection of his family's roots in the vibrant southern region of Naples.

My Nona was my teacher when it came to cooking and lectured me constantly on Italian cuisine. She taught me how to prepare dishes that varied