An Evening with Chef Marc Vetri

About the Event:

Welcome to An Evening with Author & Chef Marc Vetri celebrating the release of his latest cookbook: The Pasta Book: Recipes, Techniques, Inspiration at the Upper Dublin Public Library!

Join us for a delightful evening filled with pasta knowledge and culinary inspiration. Chef Vetri will share his passion for the art of pasta making and discuss his latest book, in conversation with The Philadelphia Inquirer restaurant and food writer Michael Klein. Don't miss out on this special occasion to celebrate all things pasta with Chef Marc Vetri!

Book sale (provided by Reads & Company Book Shop) and signing, too!

Tickets:

$45 plus Eventbrite fees: 1 person, 1 copy of The Pasta Book

$55 plus Eventbrite fees: 2 people, 1 copy of The Pasta Book

*Ticket sales help support future Author and Culinary programming at UDPL through the non-profit Friends of Upper Dublin Library.

About Chef Marc Vetri:

Marc Vetri is the chef and founder of Philadelphia’s acclaimed Vetri Cucina. A Philadelphia native, he opened the storied restaurant in 1998 with partner Jeff Benjamin. Within two years, Marc was named one of Food & Wine’s “Best New Chefs” and earned the Philadelphia Inquirer’s highest restaurant rating. In 2005, he received the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic.

Building on the success of Vetri Cucina, Marc and Jeff went on to open a collection of celebrated restaurants—including Osteria, Amis, Pizzeria Vetri, Lo Spiedo, and Alla Spina—that helped spark Philadelphia’s restaurant renaissance. In 2015, Urban Outfitters Inc. partnered with several Vetri Family restaurants, after which Marc returned his focus to advancing culinary creativity at Vetri Cucina. The restaurant continued to garner top honors, maintaining its coveted Four-Bell rating from the Philadelphia Inquirer and earning a place on AAA’s Five Diamond list.

Marc’s restaurant group has since expanded nationally and internationally. In 2020, he opened Fiorella, a pasta-focused bar in Philadelphia’s Italian Market; Mr. Maurice’s Italian at Ace Hotel Kyoto in Japan, honoring his grandfather Maurice Rotenberg; and Osteria Fiorella at Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa in Las Vegas, which transitioned from a pop-up into a permanent fixture. In 2022, Marc debuted Pizzeria Salvy in Philadelphia’s Xfinity Mobile Arena, later opening a flagship location in the Comcast Technology Center in 2023, celebrating his father Sal’s legacy with perfected pizzas, signature meatballs, and classic Italian fare. Most recently, Marc launched Fiorella Las Vegas at Durango Casino and Resort in December 2023, bringing the beloved pasta bar to the West Coast.

Beyond the kitchen, Marc leads the Vetri Community Partnership, a nonprofit dedicated to nutrition education. He is also the author of five award-winning cookbooks. His latest, The Pasta Book, features more than 75 inspired recipes along with interactive QR codes linking to step-by-step video tutorials.

About Michael Klein:

Michael Klein, a native Philadelphian, has been a writer and editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer since 1986. Since 1993, he has covered the Philadelphia region’s restaurant-news beat and writes The Inquirer’s “Let’s Eat” food newsletter.

About The Pasta Book: Recipes, Techniques, Inspiration:

Unlock the secrets of making creative pasta dishes with more than 75 simple and spectacular recipes, featuring helpful QR codes to step-by-step video tutorials—from the James Beard Award–winning author of Mastering Pasta

In The Pasta Book, acclaimed chef Marc Vetri presents a wide range of easy to impressive pasta dinners using both dried and fresh pastas. With a dish for every shape, sauce, mood, and timeline, Vetri demystifies the process of “marrying” pasta and sauce into one harmonious dish, creating your own flavor combinations, and pairing different pastas and sauces. Vetri shares both weeknight classics and popular pastas from his restaurants, adapting his methods so home cooks can experience these acclaimed dishes in their own kitchens, with chapters including:

• Vegetable Pasta: Pici Pomodoro; Garganelli with Corn and Scallions; Spinach Gnocchi with Brown Butter and Shaved Ricotta Salata
• Seafood Pasta: Paccheri with Clams and Charred Lemon Brodo; Troccoli with Shrimp and Ginger Chili Crisp; Scallop Raviolo with Champagne
• Poultry and Game Pasta: Tagliolini with Chicken Liver Ragu; Pumpernickel Papparadelle with Duck Ragu
• Pork Pasta: Rigatoni with Fiorella Sausage Ragu; Spaghetti alla Chitarra with Basil, Poppy Seed, and Proscuitto
• Beef and Lamb Pasta: Francobolli with Short Ribs and Celery Root; Orecchiette with Lamb Merguez and Fiore Sardo

Vetri guides you through the foundations of making fresh pasta with a chapter devoted to pasta doughs and shapes like pappardelle and orecchiette, including QR codes that link to easy-to-follow technique videos. With 90 stunning photographs, The Pasta Book includes ideas to level up or simplify every recipe, so you can choose the pasta adventure you crave.

Learn more about the book: The Pasta Book by Marc Vetri, David Joachim: 9780593799475 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Special thanks to: Chef Marc Vetri; Carolyn Satlow, Chief of Staff of VB Gruppo; Michael Klein; Reads & Company Bookshop; and the Friends of Upper Dublin Library for making this library event possible.