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Pasta e Broccoli

In Rome it is still common to follow an informal, unscientific weekly recipe calendar which was established centuries ago based on religious tenets. Romans call the food served following this calendar piatti canonici – Canonical dishes.The wonderfully rowdy trattoria il Bucatino, the one that inhabits the right hand corner of …

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Pasta Is Not an Enemy – It’s Actually a Friend

Lot of the negative press around pasta is happening everywhere, not just in the U.S. Italy, of all places, is also struggling with misconceptions about the health of pasta.Too many people shun spaghetti, rigatoni and penne for all the wrong reasons. They don’t know how to eat it healthfully and look …