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Homemade Pasta 101- Tortellini + Bologna, Italy

So, Bologna! Tortellini! Parmigiano Reggiano! Bologna was actually the city my plane landed in. (Sorry, I’m doing this Italy trip stuff all out of order.) It was all little harried, and unfortunately I didn’t get to stay long in the city. (Who couldn’t go for more time in the city that invented Ragù Bolognese?) I…

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Homemade Pasta 101 – Basic Egg Dough

I’m not trying to scare anyone off from trying their hand at homemade pasta; but I’m not going to lie to you either. Homemade pasta is time consuming, it requires some patience to master and some elbow grease (even if you use a stand mixer and electric roller). You probably will not end up with enough *good*…