Rachel Roddy
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Food and cookery writer, weekly in The Guardian. Rome-based since 2005.
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Suitable for TV and other dinners, and walks
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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for focaccia sandwiches with mortadella and parmesan cream | A kitchen in Rome
A family favourite transforms TV dinners into a summery event
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This week's
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Focaccia sandwiches with mortadella & parmesan cream
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Found authentic ingredients! Added tomato & green leaves. Took them on our canal walk & ate them in the stunning surroundings of the Chesterfield Canal.
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Cannelloni with spinach, peas and ricotta from
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This week’s column
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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti with mussels, parsley and lemon | A kitchen in Rome
Savour the glorious sound of mussels popping open and finish cooking the pasta in the shellfish liquor really to ramp up the flavour
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Please share- The
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is running a writing competition for children with some great prizes!
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Children's Writing Competition 2026 | Bury St Eds Lit Fest
Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival’s Creative Writing Competition returns for 2025 welcoming entries from writers of all ages and experience with any forms of creative writing be it short story, micr...
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Baked fish and potatoes with oregano and lemon mayonnaise
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Delicious & really easy to make. Had this after a day at the seaside. Even made the mayo. Perfect! Hope you have made a full recovery now Rachel.
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As always, thanks
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Polpette and balls made from different pulps!
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In praise of polpette, Italy’s infinitely adaptable little balls
From bread and ricotta to vegetables and fish, there’s no single recipe for these beloved ‘meatballs’ – just your own way of making them
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Twice-baked tozzetti with chocolate chips & orange
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Easy to make, deliciously crumbly & mine were somewhere between Janet & Danny shaped! Ate them dunked in tea. Perfect! And Simona Mirto's website is fab.
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Writing about the life and work of Carlo Petrini was a privilege.
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Carlo Petrini obituary
Italian activist, author and pioneer of the Slow Food movement
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As always, this week’s recipe in good hands
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Light through beech leaves.
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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for orzo with peas, broad beans, asparagus, parmesan and lemon | A kitchen in Rome
A deliciously rustic, risotto-style pasta using seasonal spring veg and finished with butter, parmesan and lemon zest
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about 2 months ago
Spring is sprung with
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orzo with peas, broadbeans, asparagus & lemon.
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An thank you for noticing
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2 months ago
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A recipe in good hands and appropriate photo
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This weeks Feast newsletter is about ricotta.
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Folded, whipped or baked into something golden, ricotta is brilliant and adaptable
This soft, whey‑born staple slips effortlessly from savoury suppers to indulgent celebratory desserts while keeping its cool, milky charm
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Almond and lemon spiced treacle tart
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Absolutely delicious! Easy to make and the pastry was perfect. Had it with cream but not from a trolley! I can hear Victoria Wood now saying 'Is it on the trolley?'
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Thank you
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for being my eyes on the paper
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
Corsican Omelette is
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! To make it properly Corsican, the cheese you’d need for it is Brocciu, but since that doesn’t really exist beyond Corsica, soft goat’s cheese does the trick – but it’s the addition of fresh mint that really makes it sing.
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Corsican Omelette
Bear with me — as telephonists like to say — while I gush for a bit. This has to be the world's best omelette. I call it Corsican not because it stems from any in-depth research into, or indeed intima...
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Hazelnut and chocolate cake
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Easy to make, tastes delicious and no sign of sinking. Result! Just need to get some cream or ice cream. Louisa & Captain Wentworth 'try for a gleaning of nuts in a... hedge-row' in Persuasion.
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Good morning and Happy Nigella Day! Because all is briefly right with the world and as a special treat, it's free to read.
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How did I end up here? — Nigella Lawson’s first FT column
A defence of food writing (and a recipe for rice pudding) as Nigella returns to her alma mater newspaper
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Rachel Roddy’s Easter cannelloni with spinach, peas, ricotta and mozzarella – recipe
Cannelloni made with sheets of fresh egg pasta are a treat, especially on a feast day, and they can be made the day before
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3 months ago
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Easter cannelloni with spinach, peas, ricotta and mozzarella
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Found fresh pasta sheets but forgot to buy a lemon. Lots of prep dishes (& washing up!) and quite fiddly rolling the tubes. It did taste very good though.
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Always happy to contribute to the Guardian feast newsletter. Which is weekly, written by a rotation of contributors and columnists, and (if you sign up) arrives in your in-box every Thursday at midday. This week pesto, mess optional.
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From basil to pistachio and peas – in praise of pesto, whichever way you make it
Whether on pasta or pizza, in soup or even in a tart, this classic Italian sauce is one of your most versatile ingredients
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Potato, aubergine and herb tortino alla fiorentina. Easy to make & delicious. Made in our Irish holiday accommodation with local potatoes & cheese. Yes, the kitchen did smell gorgeous. Had it with salad & bread. Perfect!
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For the Guardian’s new quarterly food magazine, remarkable Trieste.
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‘Tastes of salt, smells of coffee’: why Trieste is one of Italy’s best food cities
The historic port is a cosmopolitan gateway to global flavours and traditions. And it’s barely on the tourist trail. Take a tour …
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Spaghetti with mushrooms, soft cheese and herbs
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Super easy to make & tasted delicious. Had it for a quick meal on Saturday evening after a day out doing parkrun & exploring a town history trail. I'll be making this again.
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Risotto in bianco (white risotto with parmesan broth)
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. A great way to use my left over parmesan rinds. I think mine dried out a bit as I ran out of broth! Had it with green salad and a drizzle of balsamic. Beautiful!
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's beans with greens and sausages tonight with hog roast sausages and Bold Beans Borlotti Beans. Very very delicious
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Apple, honey and poppyseed cake As I had no poppyseeds mine was just apple & honey! I've never made a cake with honey instead of sugar so was a bit nervous. No need as it turned out perfectly. I'll be making this again.
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for being my eyes on the paper
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Looking forward to this
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And a newsletter about baked pasta
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The bubbling beauty of baked pasta
From a Sichuan-inspired lasagne and a simple macaroni cheese to pasta al forno with meatballs, here are a few easy, inspired recipes to enjoy hot from the oven
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Accommodating sausages, beans and greens for this weeks
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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for beans with greens and sausages | A kitchen in Rome
A comforting and rustic plate inspired by trip to a traditional Roman trattoria
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Thank you for being my eyes on the paper
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5 months ago
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5 months ago
Still nearly an hour until lunch, so torturing myself reading recipes online. Definitely going to give this one from
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a go, maybe in half term when I've more time. Pork a bit more affordable than most meat, and plenty of Bay, sage and rosemary in the garden.
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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pork ragu with herbs (for gnocchi or pasta) | A kitchen in Rome
Marbled flesh and fat are key to this rich, succulent, dense ragu, boosted with powerful notes of bay, sage and rosemary
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/feb/05/pork-ragu-herbs-gnocchi-pasta-recipe-rachel-roddy
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Pork ragu with herbs (for gnocchi or pasta).
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Delicious! Easy to make as it just bubbled away for a couple of hours with the occasional check & stir. Had ours with gnocchi. "Bisto kids in middle-aged bodies" - aah... yes!
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Nicola Miller
5 months ago
I have a proof of Anita "Spring" Council's cookbook, Southern Roots: Recipes and Stories from Mama Dip's Daughter, and it's absolutely wonderful. Visiting her mother's restaurant was one of the best experiences I've ever had; her daughter has done her proud.
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Bentornata
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Delighted at the return of
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recipes with Pasta e fagioli with coconut, spring onion, chilli and lemon.
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"these aren’t dishes to discuss, these are dishes to be tried." I'm every happy to try and discuss all of Rachel's recipes!
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7 months ago
This week's (from 2018)
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Orange and prosecco jelly I've not made many jellies but this worked out perfectly! Deliciously refreshing & had a bit of a fizz. Need to work on my 'turning out' skills as it only just made it on to the plate!
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I am still on a break, Helen is not - recipes in good hands x
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I am on a break -
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