So You Want to Make Pasta, by Martha Francis, Palace Pasta Queen
Whenever someone comes by my station, inevitably they ask if they can come in some day to watch and learn all my pasta-making secrets; and inevitably they’re disappointed when I explain the only secret is just to make it– over and over again until they learn the dough secrets themselves.
The one piece of advice I have is to invest in a motor driven pasta roller. The ease this adds to the labor makes it a fun process rather than a hand-cranked ordeal. Kitchen-Aid makes a wonderful attachment that is quite affordable. The only other advice I have is to read The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken, by Laura Schenone.
This story follows a woman’s journey to rediscover and reconnect with her family’s roots in Italy and is a gorgeous illumination of the patience required for the pasta-maker’s eternal learning process.
One more thing: the pasta recipe in Tom’s first cookbook, Tom Douglas’ Seattle Kitchen, is the best I’ve found. So don’t be afraid, roll up your sleeves and start making pasta.
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