salvatore silvestrinoJul 10, 20191 min readOld World Pasta Meets New World TomatoIn the 16th century, the Spanish brought their food discoveries back to the old world. Among the rich assortment of foodstuffs that were...
salvatore silvestrinoJul 10, 20191 min readMarco Polo and PastaThe romantic myth that Marco Polo brought pasta on his return from China has long been debunked. Our friend, Marco, returned in 1295...
salvatore silvestrinoJul 10, 20191 min readThe Arabs and PastaThe first certain record of noodles cooked by boiling is in the Jerusalem Talmud, written in Aramaic in the 5th century AD. The word used...