The Italian War on Pasta

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Gastro Obscura Writer Sam Lin-Sommer tells us the story of the fascist war on pasta and its surprisingly delicious legacy. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/italian-futurist-pasta

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0:00.0	Okay, let's see, what do I need? I need a knife.
0:04.0	Okay, cutting on yet.
0:08.0	Okay, I'm getting the potato water heating
0:11.0	while I cut the vegetables.
0:14.0	I love pasta.
0:17.0	What is not to love?
0:18.0	Carbs in a wide variety of shapes,
0:21.0	long and skinny,
0:22.0	twirly,
0:23.0	little cups for holding sauce.
0:25.0	What is not to love about pasta?
0:29.0	But I recently had an experience
0:31.0	that made me realize that maybe
0:33.0	I have kind of been taking pasta for granted.
0:36.0	So now I'm separating out some of the ham in here.
0:40.0	Let's see if this is a different side this way.
0:44.0	That is me and gastro-obscure writer Samlin Summer,
0:47.0	attempting to prepare a pasta sauce
0:50.0	called sugo marinetti.
0:52.0	It is an experience that made me question
0:57.0	what I thought was possible.
0:59.0	Not because of the strange combination
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