Barilla’s New ‘Celebrity Pasta Lovers’ Cookbook’ for Making Family Dinners Meaningful

To encourage families to «Share the Table» more often, Barilla and Mario Batali have teamed up with 10 notable celebrities to create the limited edition Celebrity Pasta Lovers’ Cookbook. Available for download at www.ShareTheTable.com through October 15, the free cookbook is packed with family meal-sharing tips and exclusive new Mario Batali recipes inspired by favorite pasta dishes from celebrities including.

By visiting the website and affirming their belief in meaningful meals, people can make a difference in the lives of others, in addition to receiving the free pasta cookbook. For every visitor who clicks on the icon that says they believe in meaningful meals, Barilla will donate $1 to Meals On Wheels Association of America, up to $150,000.

On the website, people will find more than 100 tips to create a family dinner filled with robust conversation, meaningful interactions and flavorful food. Celebrities participating in the cookbook are Meryl Streep, Kristin Chenoweth, Jimmy Fallon, Julianne Moore, Holly Robinson-Peete, Kristen Bell, Ellie Krieger, Mariska Hargitay, Kristin Chenoweth and James Denton. The Celebrity Pasta Lovers’ Cookbook features recipes of celebrities’ favorite dishes, including Penne with Roasted Cauliflower (Meryl Streep), Vegetarian Lasagna (Julianne Moore) and Spaghetti Carbonara (Jimmy Fallon).

At www.ShareTheTable.com, families can download more than 700 Barilla recipes, design placemats for their dinner tables, learn from family experts, share their own dinnertime stories and pictures with others and more. Visitors to the hub can make the commitment to enhance mealtime have an opportunity to share their story about how their family connect around the table with successes and struggles highlighted. Each week, the winning dinnertime story will earn a month’s worth of groceries to help keep the family meal tradition going strong. The Mealtime Moments contest will start on September 11 and last until December 31.