Nonna Tonina at her kitchen table in Sardinia

Sit down when you eat.Tonina

My mother lived to 101, and she left me her kitchen.

This book is that kitchen. Thirty recipes from my village in Sardinia, a menu for every day of the month, a shopping list for every week, and the ten rules she never broke at the table.

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Nonna Tonina's Kitchen. PDF in cookbook size, 6 by 9 inches.

What's in the book

Everyday food from a Sardinian kitchen. Beans, bread, vegetables, a little cheese, a little fish and good olive oil. Nothing fancy, and almost all of it comes from a normal supermarket.

Bread and small plates

Pane guttiau, carasau with oil, salt and rosemary
Pane frattau with tomato, pecorino and a poached egg
Fava beans with pecorino and mint
Fennel and orange salad with black olives

Soups and beans

Sunday minestrone
Chickpea and chard soup
Lentil and fregola soup
Borlotti beans with fennel and garlic
Zuppa gallurese, the bread and cheese bake
Fregola in broth with egg and pecorino

Pasta and grains

Malloreddus alla campidanese
Fregola with clams
Fregola with zucchini, mint and pecorino
Culurgiones with tomato sauce
Spaghetti with bottarga and lemon
Malloreddus with fresh tomato and ricotta
The weekday spaghetti with tomato and basil

Vegetables

Stewed artichokes with garlic and parsley
Baked eggplant with tomato and pecorino
Zucchini stuffed with bread and herbs
Green beans and potatoes with olive oil
Roasted peppers with capers and olives
Chard with garlic and chili

Fish and meat

Baked sardines with breadcrumbs and herbs
Cassola, fish stew with saffron
Chicken with olives and rosemary

Sweets

Seadas with honey
Pardulas, little ricotta and saffron cakes
Amaretti sardi, soft almond cookies
Ricotta with honey and walnuts

★ also in the free Sunday recipes

And the rest of the kitchen

My ten kitchen rules, one short page each
The Sardinian pantry, with what to buy at an American supermarket and the few things worth ordering online
Four weekly menus, with a big lunch and a light dinner for every day
Four shopping lists, one per week, sorted by aisle
A 30-day calendar to tick off the habits

Cara, caro,

I'm not a chef. I'm a grandmother who cooks twice a day in the same stone house where my mother cooked.

People ask me for the secret. There isn't one. Beans most days. Yesterday's bread is still bread. The good oil goes on at the end, raw. Lunch is the big meal, and you eat it sitting down, with somebody.

I wrote it all down for you. Start on a Monday. By the end of the month you won't need the book.

Con amore,Tonina

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Malloreddus with sausage and tomato sauce

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Questions

What do I get?

One PDF, Nonna Tonina's Kitchen, with the 30 recipes, four weekly menus, four shopping lists, the pantry page and the habit calendar. The download button appears right after you pay, and we email you the link too.

Can I read it on my phone?

Yes. It's sized like a small cookbook, so it reads well on a phone or tablet. You can also print it on letter or A4 paper.

Will I find the ingredients?

Most of the book uses beans, bread, vegetables, pecorino and olive oil from any supermarket. For the few Sardinian things, like fregola or pane carasau, the pantry page tells you what to use instead and where to order the real thing.

Can I get a refund?

You get the whole book the moment you pay, so all sales are final. If the file doesn't open or the email doesn't arrive, write to hello@nonnatonina.com and we'll fix it.

Is Tonina a real person?

Tonina is a character. Her face and voice are made with AI, and her stories are written for this page. The recipes are traditional Sardinian dishes.