Monthly Archive for: ‘October, 2009’

“Beyond the Pasta” takes a step forward~

Posted Oct 17 2009 by Mark Leslie in  with 0 Comments

Biba Caggiano says, “Mark, you have captured the essence of the Italian people.” via biba-restaurant.com “Beyond the Pasta: 28 Days of Recipes, Language, and Life with an Italian Family” is a labor of love for me at the moment. The book is a travelogue/memoir/cookbook with each “chapter” being a daily entry based on the e-mails I sent home from Viterbo …

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“All it takes is some flour and a couple of eggs…”

Posted Oct 16 2009 by Mark Leslie in  with 1 Comment

“There is nothing as simple as, or more difficult than, the beginning.”~ Starting something completely new is never easy. There is the fear of not getting it “exactly” right or not meeting expectations. For the longest time I was terrified to make pasta. What can be so complicated about some flour and a couple of eggs? Nothing. But after a …

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