A closer look at “Rachel Roddy’s Spaghetti with Marmite: A Quick Umami-Packed Recipe from Ada Boni’s Classic”, exactly as the source publishes it. The Guardian Lifestyle Oct 15, 2026 • 5:00 AM Rachel Roddy shares a simple, practical recipe for spaghetti with Marmite, inspired by Ada Boni’s Italian classic Il Talismano della Felicità, recently published in English for the first time. The dish requires minimal effort: boil spaghetti, toss with butter and parmesan, then stir in a spoonful of Marmite dissolved in a little boiling water.
Roddy notes the ‘exquisite flavour’ achieved with ‘negligible investment of time’, making it ideal for busy cooks seeking a flavour hit. Ada Boni’s cookbook, first published in 1929, remains a cornerstone of Italian home cooking, praised by food writer Angela Frenda as ‘one of the most precise and accurate of all cookbooks’. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.