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What happens when Pasta Grannies sets sail? Lots of pasta, of course. When Virgin Voyages kindly offered Pasta Grannies a cruise, we thought it would be a fun challenge to film Pasta Grannies in Every Port. I wanted to see what recipes were shared around this part of the Med.
We boarded the Scarlet Lady in Barcelona and set off on a journey to Mallorca, Cannes, Corsica, Livorno, and finally Civitavecchia. And we kinda succeeded! We met incredible local grandmothers – and grandpas – in every port who welcomed us into their kitchens to share their favourite family recipes.

Which recipe would you like to see as a full video here on YouTube? Let us know in the comments below.

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27 Comments

  1. I’d love to see this series expand to more cultures influenced by Italy, both in ancient times and recently!

  2. Thank-you Vicky for hosting in Spain, France and Italy, blessed beyond compare to visit these friendly "neighbours" on a cruise inviting you to their culinary treasures in Catalan, Niçois and Ligurian languages and towns. I am a great seafood lover and at Christmas we do not cook turkey, chicken or any other meat but seafood in all kinds my famous spaghetti ai frutti di mare is so watering, I would love to explore more those last recipes. You missed the famous Spanish Paellas another wonderful dish. Many blessings to all and mille grazie sempre.🙏💖🥰😋😋😋😋

  3. 😮😮kohlrabi…yes I always grow this yummy vegetable…be nice to see what they do with it..and if I were to choose what to see in a video the lady that cooked spaghetti seafood…have a fun time in Italy..❤❤

  4. Nice to hear the Corsican dialect, which strangely enough is more similar to Ligurian than to Sardinian, and certainly not a French one! Years ago I tried to ask for directions in the midlle of the island (Corte) in French, they pretended not to understand (they saw my Italian plate) until they answered in Italian. They don't love the French there. As for the next episode, definitely the fish soup from Civitavecchia, the granpa is super nice.

  5. Very interesting video which I did not see coming! The connection between Mediterranean cities is obvious… Just imagine what you could have with a stop in some Tunisia port, in Oran, etc. As a Frenchman living in Catalonia for 20 years, I felt so proud of the Mallorca fideus and the Corsican cannelloni!!!

  6. I so pleased you and the team got to go on holiday. Looking forward to Pasta Grannies back to regularly scheduled programming.

  7. Fantastic! Great recipes all of them! In Valencia we also have a recipe with fideos or noodles called fideuà. But it is made with seafood, it's dry and not with broth. Very different!

  8. Lovely video! How wonderful to cruise and share recipes! Were you giving talks on the Virgin cruise as well?

  9. What a great video! My favorite part was at your last stop where the fellow was standing “with bowl in hand” as the fish soup was brought to table. That made me chuckle! TFS, Sharon😬❤️🍝

  10. Absolutely delightful holiday – would love to see full episodes of all recipes! Sending much love to all from Carmel by the Sea xoxo

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