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Every so often I try to recreate one of my favorite pastas I’ve ever had - chitarrine with pistachio pesto. I’m getting closer, but not there yet! A fun excuse to break out my chitarra though. See more in my stories!
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A few moments of practice last week. Other hobbies have dominated my free time lately but I want to refocus on pasta just a tiny bit.

I made a batch of semola dough a played around, ending up with a mix of cavatelli, scorze di mandorla, and a few ro

Spring cleaning (of my freezer) meant clearing out some beet puree I made earlier this year. The perfect opportunity to try out casunziei all’ampezzana. More on these soon!
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local eggs, rolled by hand
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Spent an afternoon playing around to recreate (bigger) versions of a pasta I’ve had laying around in the back of my pantry. Seen in the bottom right, they’re called “margherite,” or daisies 🌼
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It’s bean season, soup season, sweater season….the best season!

I found some fresh borlotti beans at the @unsqgreenmarket a few weeks back and immediately knew it was time for pasta e fagioli.

Growing up we used tiny ditalini with can