This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 181.

Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns and villages,

mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of Bella Italia.

Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes, history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta.

If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there,

you've come to the right place.

Ciao, Benvenuti, friends.

Are you ready to head back to Rome today to learn all about its delicious pasta dishes?

Direct from Rome, my friend Nazim Becalti from Full Belly Tours is back to give you the lowdown

on the Eternal City's iconic pasta dishes.

Their history, real, somewhat embellished and untold stories of their origins and how

they relate to one another. As we say a lot on this podcast, to understand Italy and the Italians,

you need to understand their food as it is such an indelible part of their culture, and more

importantly, it's a critical part of their regional identity and the source of much

rivalry and conjecture. So let's dive in and learn about Mante Coutura, one of my favourite

Italian words and the many wonders of Roman pasta.

Ben Tonato, Nazim, Chow, and welcome back to the Untold Italy podcast.

Thank you, Katie. It's good to be back.

Oh, I had so many wonderful messages about our last episode that we did together that I couldn't

wait to have you back on the show. How are things going for you these days?

Things are going incredibly. Ever since the last episode came out, I have been happily very, very busy with work.

Yeah, actually, I can't believe how well things are going.

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