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Guten Tag pasta pals! I am extremely excited to announce that Pasta et Al has been translated into German and is available now for pre-order, ahead of its release on 1 June! Preorder is currently available from Thalia Online and Amazon Germany.

So you’ll never have to eat out again. Kind of.

Discover this delicious regenerative recipe by Alec Morris, author and pasta master of Pasta et Al. This flavourful Ragu has maximum flavour, utilising intercostals, bone marrow and Italian sausages with hand cut fresh pappardelle with Goodie’s stoneground flour.

Although we all love pasta, shopping for pasta can be a confusing experience as there are so many packets to choose from! Once you’ve picked the right shape, how do you choose a high-quality pasta that’ll taste authentic?

The trio behind the blog Pasta et Al – Alec Morris and his two kids, Al and Al – have funnelled their skills with flour and water into a new cookbook stacked with recipes for an array of pasta shapes, sauces and doughs. This recipe, for agnolotti del plin, a Piedmontese specialty, pairs magically wi…

For Alec Morris, pasta making has always been part of life.

From weeknight dinners to Italian delights and more, if you’re ready to cook up a storm, we’ve got all the best cookbooks 2023 has to offer!

Our Father’s Day gift guide to Hardie Grant’s best cookbooks, travel guides, and coffee table books — plus, we’ve got a discount code!

Halliday Wine Companion 2024 by James Halliday & Campbell Mattinson (ed.) For over 30 years, the Halliday Wine Companion has been recognised as the industry benchmark for Australian wine. Campbell Mattinson is now in the role of chief editor, with a team of experts, including Mr Halliday hims…

Alec was taught how to cook fresh pasta by his nonna as a child and now carries on the tradition every Sunday with his young sons, Aldo and Elio. Author of Pasta et Al Alec Morris spoke with Julie-anne Sprague on 6PR’s Afternoons. “It’s just been something that I did for my whole l…

Alec Morris was taught how to cook fresh pasta by his Nonna as a child, spending most of his youngest years at her house learning how dough worked.…

Food blogger Alec Morris of Pasta et Al was taught how to cook fresh pasta by his nonna as a child. Her vibrant weekly dish became the family’s signature recipe, and now you can make it too.

From cooking fresh pasta from recently returned Perth cook Alec Morris’ new cookbook, to a winter wine festival, a Barbie-inspired party and Poppy Lissiman collaboration, it’s a jam-packed edition this week.

From weeknight dinners to Italian delights and more, if you’re ready to cook up a storm, we’ve got all the best cookbooks 2023 has to offer!

It is happening! I am so proud to announce that Pasta et Al: The Many Shapes of a Family Tradition, is set for launch on 2 August 2023, and now open for pre-order!

I’ve poured everything I have into this book: heart, stories, answers to all of those questions that have built over the years. And of course 30 different doughs, 42 different shapes, 60 different sauces, and so many photos. I’m obviously a little biased, but I reckon it’s pretty good, and I think you’ll agree.

The Sydney Markets Fresh Awards recognise and celebrate excellence in fresh fruit, vegetable and flower retailing, growing. The awards bring together Sydney Markets’ long running retailer excellence programs – the Greengrocer and Florist of the Year Awards, as well as the Fruit & Vegetable and Flowe…

Scrolling through the Pasta et Al Instagram page, you’d be forgiven for assuming that Alec Morris was posting photos of…

We give our two cents worth on pasta machines, in this fantastic little article by Emiko Davies.

Very excited to announce that we’ve won the 2021 WebAward for Best Blog Website! What’s more, we beat industry and competition averages in all seven judging criteria, with the judges commenting: “So fresh! The pasta drawer is so smart and the writing style so welcoming, plus the name — genius!”

“Every Sunday, Alec Morris and his son, “little Al,” make homemade pasta together – and it’s adorable. We interview Alec to learn more about his family tradition of pasta making and what inspires them to create unique dishes each week.”

q. b. cucina features a special little recipe of ours, one of our very favourite pasta shapes, scarpinocc. Inspired by the flavours of Lombardy, these little shoe-shaped things are filled with ricotta and chestnuts and served in a simple brown butter sauce.

We’re finalists! The Sydney Markets 2021 Fresh Content Award aims to recognise the unique and flourishing nature of the online community and the contribution they make to promoting fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers.

The winner will be a blogger, storyteller, social media or content creator who works individually or in a team that has created interesting, insightful, creative and visually captivating content that informs readers/followers about fresh fruit, vegetables or flowers.

We won a thing (well, two)! Honoured to have picked up Platinum awards in both of our Hermes Creative Awards categories: Blog Overall, and Blog Writing.

Australian Good Food Guide features our Mother’s Day red dragonfruit tortelli as part of their Italian food special!