Remembrance of Things Pasta: A Saucy Tale

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

It’s one of food’s most beautiful relationships: pasta and sauce. But which came first—and how on Earth are you supposed to figure out which of those hundreds of shapes to serve with your pesto? With Valentine’s Day round the corner, we bring you the saucy—and occasionally scientific—history of an Italian staple. Listen in now as we take you from the very first mention of “a food of flour and water,” served “in the form of strings,” to the cutting-edge shape-shifting pasta of tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happy Birthday to you!
0:02.0	OK, Nathan, you're next.
0:03.7	Happy Birthday to you!
0:05.7	Happy Birthday!
0:06.7	My birthday's not till next month.
0:09.7	Like getting your money's worth,
0:10.9	introducing but Donald's savor meal deals.
0:13.2	Get a cheeseburger or a mayo chicken,
0:14.7	medium fries and drink for just 3.99.
0:17.3	From 11 a.m. not available on delivery.
0:22.8	Childhood should be fun.
0:24.8	Don't let bed wetting spoil that.
0:27.6	Dry nights give maximum protection.
0:30.4	So kids can go to bed, we're free.
0:32.8	Have a dry night's sleep.
0:35.9	And wake up...
0:37.6	...awesome!
0:44.4	Awesome days start with dry nights.
0:47.1	Search dry nights for a free sample.
0:52.1	Oh, and here's the new yucky.
0:53.7	You can leave that next to me.
0:55.1	He's a kind of...
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