This selection of delicious northern italian pasta recipes is designed to provide a sumptuous starter guide to the best the region has to offer. From Tuscan bean pasta and classic bolognese sauce to minestrone soup and fresh green pesto, it’s all here… explained in simple steps and written with cooks of every level in mind. […]

I received this Imperia pasta machine ‘SP150’ as a present from my wife two years ago and I can’t recommend it highly enough. And it seems I’m not alone, as it’s also Amazon.com’s Top Rated Pasta Maker! The SP150 is a traditional ‘wind-and-watch’ pasta roller machine and a seriously heavy duty piece of kit to […]

Thanks to the huge number of types available, fun shaped pasta is really easy to find. Such silly pasta shapes are particularly great for: • Keeping kids entertained at meal times • Creating delicious, slow-energy-releasing party food • Serving up pasta dishes to suit special guests (pasta bells for the bride and groom anyone?) On […]

Heck it can get confusing! There are so many different types of pasta available, it can be tricky to understand and remember which is which. I’ve designed this page to help you get to know these different types of pasta, so below you’ll find a full A-Z listing. To use it, you can click the […]

If you Google ‘pasta tips’ you’ll find no less than 842,000 results! Some of these tips are aimed at accomplished kitchen dwellers, some at kids, and some appear to be designed with anyone and everyone in mind. Confused? Don’t be… To clarify matters, I’ve produced these top 10 pasta tips for amateur cooks. Written with […]

There are so many types and names of pasta out there, it’s easy to get confused… … and particularly troublesome are the variations of pasta that have virtually the same names! For example, spaghetti and spaghettini… what the heck is that all about? It’s a good question! And while I won’t be teaching you Italian […]