Italians can’t seem to help themselves when it comes to packaging their products! It’s a design thing! I promised myself when we were in Italy a few months ago, there was no way we were hauling home dried pasta! So…one day, near the end of our 2 week stay in Roma, we went to Romeo […]
Tag: Dried Pasta
Passion for Pasta
I confess, my “throbbing” food is pasta and is the only food that actually makes me salivate. A world without pasta is a world without love. I may as well admit here and now that I have a cupboard full of different shapes, short, long, whole grain, made with and without eggs, bronzo (a bronze […]
Cauliflower, Pancetta Whole-Wheat Linguine
When the first, sweet cauliflower of the season appears at our Farmer’s Market, I look forward to making this slightly spicy pasta. I really like whole-wheat pasta with vegetable sauces, especially with the crunchy breadcrumb topping. Very rustic but really yummy! Makes 4 Servings (Main Course) 1 cup coarse fresh bread crumbs (from 2 slices […]
Phyllis’ Paccheri With Turkey Bolognese Sauce
For a printer friendly version of this recipe, click here. When we were in Rome a couple of years ago, we noticed the Romans ordering this pasta shape. It’s a 2” long, hollow pasta, larger than rigatoni and lately I have noticed that it’s available here in Vancouver. I created the following pasta based on a Roman […]