Sentence examples for a pasta that from inspiring English sources

I learned to eat orecchiette, a pasta that looks like ears, at the now defunct Romeo Salta, and I discovered that while the "spaghetti red" my mother lashed together was tasty, spaghetti called pasta was better.

Luckily, in the hills of Tuscany we stumbled upon Franco Pedrini who, along with his sons, grows heirloom grains through biodynamic farming to create a pasta that is delicious and nutritious (and even the gluten-free can often stomach).

And while the wild, funky flavors of his supple fusilli with lamb ragu may come at you from a dozen different directions, they knit into a single, vibrant chord of sheep, tomato and salt — it's a pasta that makes you wonder why some other Italian chefs in town even bother.

If you cook the pasta in plain water and then sprinkle on the salt, the grains remain on the surface, yielding a pasta that's potentially bland in the center yet salty on the exterior.

Pick out a pasta that you like (interesting shapes or colors are good conversation starters ) Put half a cup of cooking wine in a pot then fill up a pot with water, until there is about an inch and a half of room from the top and bring it to a boil.

Preboggion, a traditional Ligurian mixture of herbs, makes a wonderful stuffing for pansotti, an eggless pasta that is a favourite in our house because my daughter is allergic to eggs.

Potato gnocchi ($16), with stewy braised veal shank (carrots and all) tomato and rosemary, delivered deep, full-bore flavor, and strozzapreti ($15), a thick pasta that's hand rolled, received an appropriately rustic taste punch from its garlic, tomato, onion and prosciutto sauce.

The only disappointments were a seafood pasta that didn't hold my interest, a special lobster salad that mismatched succulent, tarragon-scented lobster with lots of soggy endive and a strip steak that just didn't cut the same figure as the seafood.

One answer is a hearty pasta that can be made in less than an hour.

"A simple pasta that would take me 20 minutes at home took an hour and a half," Ms. Hewitt said.

Indeed, in its 300-odd pages, the "Encyclopedia of Pasta" ranges from abbotta pezziende, a short pasta that means "feed the beggar" in Abruzzo dialect, to the zumari of Puglia, a long pasta traditionally added to vegetable soups.