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  • 6/12/2025
Ever wondered about the link between modeling and masterful cooking? Join us as we step into the kitchen with Roberta Pecoraro, a Sydney-based model with Sicilian roots, to explore her passion for food and family.

Roberta shares how her upbringing in Italy, watching her nonna and mum cook, sparked her culinary journey. Discover the therapeutic joy she finds in cooking and the connection it creates when sharing a meal with loved ones.

Learn how to make Roberta's favorite puttanesca pasta, a dish that embodies the flavors of her heritage and the warmth of Italian tradition. Experience the essence of Italian cooking, where every dish is an ode to family, flavor, and shared moments.

#ItalianCooking #PastaRecipe #HomeCooking #FamilyTradition
Transcript
00:00Asagi, asagi.
00:02Which means taste, taste in Italian.
00:06Hi, I'm Roberta. Everyone calls me Robbie.
00:09I'm a model in Sydney and I love to cook.
00:16So my Instagram page with food is fairly fresh.
00:20It's just a little outlet for me.
00:22I was born in Sicily in a little town called Bagheria.
00:25I very much grew up in an Italian household.
00:27I'm gonna start off by heating some olive oil.
00:30This is actually from my family's farm.
00:32Hand-picked them all.
00:33I would always watch my nonna or my mum cooking in the kitchen.
00:38Those moments with my family really inspired me to then do it on my own.
00:43Hey guys! I love cooking for people.
00:46It's really an ode to those Italian traditions.
00:48Time for pasta.
00:50So now we're going with the sauce.
00:51This chilli flavour will bring a nice kick to my puttinesca.
00:55Buona!
00:56So the puttinesca pasta, something I love to create when I'm hosting.
00:59It's a super easy dish full of flavour.
01:02This smell actually reminds me so much of waking up on a Sunday
01:06and my mum's in the kitchen cooking.
01:08Cooking for me is so therapeutic.
01:10Putting a plate of pasta on the table and eating it family style.
01:14There's always going to be some sort of connection
01:16throughout those people that are sharing that plate of pasta.
01:19Just like a perfect meal to share with your nearest and dearest.
01:23You're nearest and dearest.
01:24You're nearest and dearest.
01:27You