The art of pasta-making is a time-honored tradition. The chemistry and creativity can bring you together with your family as a fun pre-dinner activity, or it can be a solo activity that introduces freshness to your menu.
As a culinary novice, I found making pasta to be intimidating, not knowing where to begin or what to purchase. The Pasta Starter Set (available in the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Store) is perfect for the beginner pasta chef. The set comes complete with Marcato’s Original World-Famous Atlas 150 Pasta Machine, a pasta cutter, a hand crank, a clamp, complete instructions, and by Lucy Vaserfirer. The veteran cookbook author and cooking-school instructor Vaserfirer has assembled a vast collection of
