Pasta Love with Jaclyn Crupi

"Pasta is love, pasta is life" Join acclaimed author and chef Jaclyn to learn how to make fresh pasta at home.

Wednesday 23 October | 6 pm to 7 pm | Emerald Hill Library

According to Jaclyn Crupi – a proud Italian-Australian pasta maker and devotee – pasta is love, pasta is life. 

Pasta can be a quick and simple meal or a culinary masterpiece, but in essence it is about generosity, comfort and the beauty to be found in simplicity. Her book Pasta Love is a celebration of pasta and the people who make it. 

Join Jaclyn to learn how to make fresh pasta at home and how to improve your dried pasta dishes (unlock the secrets of starchy salty pasta cooking water). Hear stories of the incredible pasta nonne (Italian grandmothers) Jaclyn has been making pasta with and learn their pasta-making ways.

Jaclyn will demonstrate how to make a semola rimacinata flour and water pasta dough and then shape it into cavatelli, orecchiette, fusilli al ferretto, lorighittas and many more pasta shapes.

So if you’re keen to give pasta making a go, or you just love all things pasta, this is the event for you. 

About Jaclyn

Jaclyn Crupi is a book editor, project manager, event host and bookseller. Jaclyn has worked in publishing and bookselling since 2002.

Jaclyn has written numerous books for both children and adults. Her most recent book, Garden Like a Nonno, was shortlisted for an Indie Book Award and longlisted for an Australian Book Industry Award.

Her most recent children’s book, The ABC Kids Guide to Loving the Planet, won the Environment Award for Children’s Literature.

Jaclyn’s work has appeared in The Guardian, SBS Voices, At Home, Audrey, Slow and Frankie, as well as the anthology Family published by Text Publishing. 

Reserve Your Spots

This session is FREE and you can book via the link below or by giving us a call.

Accessibility: This event is wheelchair accessible. If you require any additional needs to enjoy this event, please contact us so we can help accommodate.

Phone: (03) 9209 6655
Email: libprograms@portphillip.vic.gov.au