Ever wonder why pasta gets short shrift from some foodies? At Cook Street, we’re out to rectify that misunderstanding with Pasta, Pasta, Pasta!, a class devoted to the delicious noodles in all their amazing variations.  Get excited about this Saturday’s class with these pasta facts:

• Pasta’s one of the world’s oldest foods.  In fact, historians estimate it was eaten as far back as 5,000 B.C.!
• A piece of pasta has to contain egg to be considered a noodle.
• There are more than 600 pasta shapes in all, and the average American eats 15.5 pound per year.
• Thomas Jefferson is credited with bringing the first pasta machine to the United States.  He brought a “Maccaroni” machine home from France in 1789.
• October is National Pasta Month.
• Some pasta varieties have truly poetic names.  Fettuccine means ribbons; stelline means little stars; and capelli d’angelo means angel’s hair.

Join us for Pasta, Pasta, Pasta! this Saturday and leave knowing how to make Classic Pasta Carbonara; Penne with Sausage, Tomato, and Roasted Garlic; and Chocolate Pasta with Raspberry Sauce.  We provide the paired wines and hands-on instruction, you get pasta-making skills to last a lifetime!

Reminder:  There’s still time to vote for 5280’s Top of the Town Awards!  Just click here to enter, and nominate Cook Street for “Best Cooking Class” and “Best Rainy Day Activity.”  Mille grazie!