The new pasta playbook, reimagining pasta through modern recipes and a generous pinch of joy.

A delicious collection of fuss-free pasta recipes from your favourite chefs and recipe creators

Pasta is comfort – easy, familiar, endlessly satisfying. But too often we get stuck in the loop of the same recipes: a trusty bolognese, a jar of pesto, the reliable carbonara. What if pasta could be more?

This book is an invitation to rethink pasta: to explore fresh flavours, global influences, and unexpected pairings that bring new joy to the table. From their home in Cumbria, Northern Pasta Co. has pioneered spelt pasta made from British grains, and in their first cookbook they share recipes of their own alongside favourites from celebrated chefs and food creators, including:

Max La Manna's Zesty Radiatori Summer Salad
Olia Hercules's Rigatoni from Napoli via Genoa & Odesa
Izzie Cox's Miso Gochujang Pumpkin Rigatoni
Helen Graham's Tomato & Tamarind Gigli
Tom Jackson's Slow-cooked Courgette Casarecce
Saliha Khan's Desi Meema Rigatoni

From sauce-hugging shapes to bold, flavour-packed combinations, these recipes prove pasta is never boring. It's time to fall in love with it all over again.

Imogen and Matt are a husband-and-wife duo on a mission to reimagine pasta with British grains. Northern Pasta Co. began in 2022 when Imogen, working at a local artisan bakery, discovered the flavour and feel of British spelt and how different it made her cooking and eating. Inspired, she and Matt teamed up with a dedicated farmer and miller to create a pasta recipe that honours the grain, the land it's grown on, and the meals we share around the table. From their home in the Lake District, they now craft their pasta slowly using traditional artisan methods. Pasta for the People is their first book, a joyful celebration of what pasta can be.

Northern Pasta Co. 6
Spelt: the Grain that Gives Back 10
Cook’s Notes 12
Perfect Pesto 16

Chapter One
Quick & Joyful 29

Chapter Two
Slow & Soulful 57

Chapter Three
Crowd Pleasers 83

Chapter Four
Almost One-Pot Wonders 115

Chapter Five
Alfresco Feasts 131

Chapter Six
Pantry Pasta 159

Contributors 184
Index 188