Rachel Roddy (born 1972)[1] is a food writer and cook book author from London, England, who now resides in Rome, Italy.[2][1]
Life
editRachel Roddy grew up in Hertfordshire and would often visit her maternal grandmother's pub in Oldham.[3]
Roddy originally trained as an actor and moved to Italy in 2005 and worked as a waitress while learning Italian.[4][3] She now lives in the Testaccio district of Rome, with her partner and son.[4][1] She began food writing on her blog, Rachel Eats in 2008.[4] She was soon spotted by The Guardian and now writes a weekly column for their Feast supplement.[2]
Books
editShe is the author of three Italian cookbooks: the André Simeon Memorial Fund Award-winning Five Quarters (published 2015),[1] Two Kitchens (2017),[5] and her latest cookbook, An A-Z of Pasta (2021).[6]'[7]
Five Quarters was Roddy's first book, published in 2015 and focuses on the food of Rome.[1] It won the André Simeon Memorial Fund Award in 2016.[8]
Two Kitchens looks at the food of her home in Testaccio and also of her partner Vincenzo's hometown of Gela in Sicily.[9]
An A-Z of Pasta, is a cookery book based on various shapes of pasta and recipes best suited to each.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Roddy, Rachel (2015). Five quarters : recipes and notes from a kitchen in Rome. Nicholas Seaton. London. ISBN 978-1-4447-3506-2. OCLC 910916216.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b "Rachel Roddy | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ a b "Rachel Roddy". The Gannet. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ^ a b c "Rachel Roddy | TOAST Portraits". TOAST. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ Roddy, Rachel (2017). Two kitchens : family recipes from Sicily and Rome. Nick Seaton. London. ISBN 1-4722-4841-4. OCLC 982437689.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Roddy, Rachel (2021). An A-Z of pasta : stories, shapes, sauces, recipes. London. ISBN 978-0-241-40250-4. OCLC 1255798887.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Rachel Roddy". The Happy Foodie. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ "Jamie Oliver and Rachel Roddy win at André Simon awards". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ "Sicily and Rome: two journeys, two kitchens". Financial Times. 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2023-01-12.