Pretending to be Italian - Basic Italian

My Girlfriend and myself in college would go to the real fancy mall in Scottsdale and to get service we would pretend to be from England.  It was amazing!  They would let us try on furs and we would talk about the latest fashion show we had went to in Milan (actually we had just seen it on TV)  and it was a great way to escape from the heat and boredom of being a poor college student. 

For many of us, we pretend to know how to cook food from other cultures and countries.  So we are going to start our journey in Italy because it is one of the easiest.  My friend started dropping cubes of sugar into her champagne after watching Moonstruck.  Everyone makes spaghetti.  Making spaghetti and any pasta that you actually want to eat is a whole other matter.  The basic dish for the beginner is packaged spaghetti and bottled sauce with some kind of meat.  Here is a great link to cooking great pasta that doesn't stick:
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Pasta_Rice_Main/pasta.htm

For now we are going to look at making pasta as the next step.  Above I have included a link for America's Test Kitchen.  You can sign up for free to see recipes.  I included this link because it is the best and easiest that I have seen.  Tomorrow - SAUCE!  :)


http://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/detail.php?docid=35740&_auth_token=FkZJ6i0zkcM3u2O%2bRtC2JrsHbVqdYatVyCbSjmIlzoPUVbwjqU%2ftXXSWFAtrF%2bvfbws9mX6DjEejN5aGVkzv5wtWcSu3QiAN5N7RXfIZKhxAGbUHb7HKFvQr2jJxVtY7tr3yJWl6mVcGStgBY9%2bHRA%3d%3d&persist=1