Quotes About Pasta

Her secret to happiness was simple and unpretentious. She had a beautiful house, would pick fruit and make jams, run the dogs in the fields, have a whiskey at five o'clock and cook a great plate of pasta. It wasn't complicated.

We don't do spaghetti and Bolognese sauce together in Italy. That is technically wrong because when you lift up the spaghetti the sauce will just run down. The way to do it is to use pasta like fettuccine or tagliatelle so the sauce sticks to it.

Many call for cooking pasta directly in milk, a technique that works okay, but it can lead to scorching if you're not super careful with stirring. I prefer the evaporated-milk route because it ensures a clean pan with no burnt bits on the bottom.

I'm a carboholic, so I'm always keen to get my teeth around a ribbon of al dente tagliatelle.

I don't diet. I'll eat fish; I'll eat baked chicken, pasta, beans. When the body is telling you, 'You need to indulge in something,' you need to give the body what it wants.

The duty of the people is to tend to their own affairs. The duty of government is to help them do it. This is the pasta of politics. The inspired leader, the true prince, no matter how great, can only be sauce upon the pasta. --Bombolini

The deliciousness of a bowl of pasta isn't proportional to the time it takes to make it: A three-hour ragu doesn't necessarily taste 15 times better than a 10-minute butter-and-Parm weeknight affair.

My favourite meal is penne carbonara - that's good for an athlete, right?

At Spago, we make all of our pasta from scratch with egg yolks, so I'm always looking for new ways to play with egg whites.

I'm Italian. I love to cook Italian food, so I learned from my dad how to make sauce and meatballs and all that stuff. With my wife and kids, I started making homemade pasta. The very first time, I didn't have a pasta maker, so I had to cut it with a knife, the old-school way! The noodles were all jacked up, but it was fun.

Dried pasta from a box didn't advertise how long and hard you had labored.

Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.

I'm a big fan of a great glass of red wine and a delicious bowl of pasta made from scratch.

I don't like nouvelle cuisine, too small bits. I like to have a nice wine, nice pasta, tomatoes.

I love the vibe of Italy, drinking coffee and wine, and eating pasta and pizza there.

The best pastas are cut with bronze dies that give them a rough texture and allow the sauce to cling.

I'm a pasta girl, and I like dishes that are easy, one-pot dishes that are really quick.

Not only are pasta dishes delicious, but they are also great, easy options for a quick dinner during a busy weekday.

I just like to have cereal in the morning, but it'll be those cluster things - it's a bit random - and through the day, I like just pasta, plain pasta with a bit of sauce on it, never too much in case I get a bad belly... and jelly just before I go on for a bit of energy!

You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.

Thanksgiving is the most complicated meal you can think of. Every night, dinner is just pasta. It's just different shapes of pasta.

Well, yeah. You said you wanted Italian. See. Chef Boyardee. He makes one the best stuff. (Tabitha)

I love kale. Genuinely. I really am glad that I have a platform to express that. I think a good raw kale salad is always just a meaty mouth feel. I also really like kelp noodle pasta with a little kale on top.

If you're going to buy pasta, you should buy dry pasta. If you're going to make it you can make the real thing, but you shouldn't buy fresh pasta.