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In her fantastic new book Marlena Spieler reminds us why we love pasta. She shows how pasta can accommodate any level of cooking skill, any budget, any flavour or theme. It can be sweet or savoury, hot or cold, soup or salad, as long as you have the right collection of mouth-watering recipes to put those endless possibilities into practice. Marlena's recipes range from the exotic — Spinach Filled Cannelloni with Ligurian Walnut Sauce — to the simple — Lemony Spaghetti with Black Olives and Basil — all with rich Mediterranean flavours. This is complemented by a little of the history behind the world's most popular food, and a lot of Marlena's exuberant love of her subject!

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About The Author

With over 50 cookbook titles to her credit, Marlena conjures up flavours and dishes from the Mediterranean to Mexico, California to France to the Italian islands and single subjects such as chilli peppers, olive oil, mushrooms, to a book on Classic Jewish food from all over the world.

Marlena has been shortlisted for various awards including the International James Beard for books and her column, Guild of Food Writers Award for her radio presenting, and AFJ (Association of Food Journalists) for her San Francisco Chronicle column Roving Feasts. One of her last books, Feeding Friends, won the International Cookbook Awards in Perigueux, France for Best Entertaining Cookbook (in English).

Marlena's jolly nature and passion for food make her one of America's favourite food writers today.

Marlena has appeared on numerous television and radio programmes, most recently on BBCTV GoodFood Live. She lives in Hampshire with her English husband and shares her adventures with North America via her humorous syndicated column, The Roving Feast, which goes out through the New York Times Syndicate and her latest book, The Jewish Heritage Cookbook won a World Gourmand Cookbook Award.

She was recently honoured by Edouard Cointreau at the World Gourmand Awards at Chateau de Brissac in the Loire Valley. The Special Award of the Jury included all of her contributions: her books, magazine and newspaper journalism, and broadcasting.

Marlena is available for interview.

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