I am too. I bought the spice a Campa de Fiore in Rome.
Business (Spezie Famose nel Mondo) in market place is owned and operated by brothers Mauro & Marco Berardi. Here is the information listed on their business card given me when I recently purchased same pasta mix Mauro (his concoction?) Tel. 06.5577619, Mauro 328.1529765, Marco 346.6647153 and also www.mauroberardi.it Good Luck May I ask, how exactly did you use the spice? I see the label reads, "no cooking"
I also purchased the Bruschetta for seasoning Italian food (Pasta and Pizza) before serving....no cooking. it's wonderful and I plan to order more via mail if I don't find it here. Wish I had purchased more of this.
This is a translation of al dente pasta, or pasta that is cooked until firm.
The pasta is called mostaccioli (oversized penne pasta, smooth or ridged).
penne
Linguette, or piccole linguette.
Garganelli pasta is a pasta shape, similar to penne. However it is more "crude" looking and is actually made by rolling a small square of pasta into a tube shape, and drying. You can actually see the flap of pasta that was rolled onto its self.
The real name of this type of pasta is Farfalle.
Spaghetti Bolognese
Are we referring to Lasagna.
there little fried balls of pasta and cheese
pasta in Italian is called string
vermicelli
There is a great site that I have found, that I use all the time when I am looking for a good chicken pasta recipe. It is exceptionally good, because the recipes are rated, so you can see how popular they are. It is called Allrecipes.com. Try this recipe http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/meat-and-poultry/chicken/pasta-dishes/main.aspx.