Podcast

Podcast: Pasta in Sicily, Turin, Abruzzo & Croatia

Brent searches for the best pasta shape for pesto with NYT bestselling author Katie Parla, tries the stuffed pasta native to Piedmont, is enchanted by a pasta named for a musical instrument, and learns about Croatia rediscovering its pasta heritage. [Ep 288]

Show Notes:

Katie Parla’s website
Katie’s book Food of the Italian Islands
I Eat Food Tours and Events in Turin
Life in Abruzzo website
Cameron Hewitt The Temporary European

Brent

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