Nipotina

I’m Emma – a writer, cook,
AND pasta nonna in training.

I started making fresh pasta during the first lockdown in 2020, after being rather unceremoniously ejected from London into a sleepy village in Dorset.

Through the lockdowns, fresh pasta became a Sunday ritual. When I moved from the shared house on Brick Lane into a more grown-up apartment in Canonbury, I loved spending weekends making pasta and learning more about seasonal eating.

Then, after a calamitous year of break-ups and breakdowns, I found myself booking a one-way flight to Italy.

In February 2026, I followed my heart (and appetite) to Italy.

Today, I live in a beloved red villa deep in the Ligurian mountains, drawing on local recipes, regenerative practices and herbology to steward a nearby plot of land in an olive grove.

Ultimately, Nipotina was birthed from a love for eating with the seasons, a passion for pleasure, and an ancient re-remembering of life’s magic.

She is a love letter to all the women and nonnas that have come before, a bridge between the old and new, and a treasure trove of regional pasta recipes passed down through the generations.

I’m so glad you’re here.

Nipotina, [/ni.poˈti.na/] –
meaning granddaughter in Italian