- Nov 07, 2020
Pasta Quotes
A love letter to comfort food.
These pasta quotes celebrate everything from a wine-paired homemade dinner to the pure comfort of a cheesy bowl eaten again and again. It's food that turns any day into something a little more satisfying.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being from Staten Island and Brooklyn, I'm used to eating pasta and meatballs every single day.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do make a good ragu pasta, which everyone seems to like. Or that could be just me talking; who knows what they really think. I actually stole the recipe from my older sister Vera, who also loves to cook. I took all my recipes from her.
- Life Is Too Short
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
- Calm
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not exactly calm at Christmas. It's a bit like the Simpsons appearing in a pasta advert - lots of bickering, crazy pets, and plenty of tomato sauce!
- Fresh
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our pasta primavera was born when I promised fresh pasta with tomatoes and basil to critic Craig Claiborne, but we had no tomatoes.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
After coating pasta with tomato-rich meat sauce, my mom would drizzle the bottom of a nonstick pot with oil and put it all back in to form a dark crust of tangled noodles. Once she unmolded it at the table like a cake, my brothers and I would excitedly cut into it, verbally laying claim to our preferred pieces.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unlike leftover pasta, leftover risotto is viewed by Italians as a gift. Cooks shape it into balls or stuff it with a pinch of stewed meat or cheese. Then they bread and deep-fry the fritters until golden brown, yielding arancini, the indulgent 'little oranges' I can never resist.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get so nervous before I go on stage that I can never eat very much, so I'm always completely starving afterwards and dying for a bowl of pasta.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love rice and pasta.
- It Is What It Is
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- Nov 07, 2020