Happy National Pasta Month!

National Pasta Month (October)
October is National Pasta Month. Celebrate with these tips and a recipe from Gourmand World Award Winning Chef Maria Liberati. Please feel free to use this article as is. For additional comments, an interview, or photos please reach out to me at  publicityintern1@marialiberati.com 
Guest Blogger: Danasha Wise
 
Pasta History
In 5000 B.C. it is said that the Chinese were the first civilization to eat pasta.
Pasta is a dish that nearly everyone loves because of its versatility. There are so many different shapes such as rotini, tortellini, spaghetti, lasagna, and many more! The great thing about pasta is that it can be served as a main dish or as a side dish.
Pasta brings families together because it can be a shared meal. Sitting at the dinner table on Sunday passing around a large dish of spaghetti and meatballs brings a smile to everyone’s face. How about how excited you and your children get when you see some cheesy mac and cheese.
Not only does pasta fill you up, it also has lots of nutrients to keep you healthy and energized — which is why marathon runners and athletes eat lots of it before a big run or game. With all of this being said let us celebrate this extremely nutritious and tasty food throughout the month of October.
How to Celebrate
Create your very own pasta shape. Make some homemade pasta from a basic pasta dough recipe and be creative!
Host a big pasta dinner! Need help finding a recipe, check out celebrity chef Maria Liberti’s recipe for Paccheri Pasta with Calamari Sauce. Check out the recipe here: https://www.marialiberati.com/2018/01/01/from-ricardo-muti-vienna-philharmonic-to-calamari-sauce-and-pasta/.
Don’t forget to post all your pastabilities all October on social media with the hashtag #NationalPastaMonth.
Celebrity Chef/Award Winning Author-blogger Maria Liberati is the author of the Gourmand World Award Winning book series The Basic Art of Italian Cooking. She is executive editor of The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati and blog at https://www.marialiberati.com/blog2- winner of culinary travel blog of the year 2013 by the NY Travel Writers’ Society, and with 300,000 worldwide subscribers 
For more recipes get your copy of the Gourmand World Award Winning book The Basic Art of Italian Cooking:Holidays and Special Occasions-2nd edition

*November 8th– Join me for  A Night in Tuscany at BACCO Italian Restaurant in North Wales,PA for a 4 course meal plus Tuscan appetizer table and wine pairing and a presentation on my book The Basic Art of Italian Cooking:DaVinci Style. Reservations are limited. $85+ tax and gratuities. Call Bacco to reserve your place now 215-699-3361.

 
*October 11th-Thursday, join me for a book signing and sampling at the Upper Bucks Foodie event at Sands/Chrysler Dodge in Quakertown. For info or tickets www.ubcc.org
*October 19.20.21- TASTE! Philadelphia at Oaks Convention Center in Oaks Pa. join me for book signings, sampling, my cooking demo on the Celebrity Chef stage all weekend. You will be sampling recipes from my books and my new catering company with chef Emilio! For tickets go to www.gourmetshows.com