pasta – The Rake Magazine

Italiani's Family Restaurant Grill & Bar

August 24, 2008 by Jeremy Iggers

I got a hot tip recently – a sighting of a pasta making machine at Italiani’s Family Restaurant Grill & Bar, 3508 E. Lake Street. That’s pretty rare these days – making pasta by hand is very labor intensive. Back when I lived in the neighborhood, the place was known as the Lake Street Garage, … Read more

Lynne Rossetto Kasper: Tuscan Princess and Peasant Chef

March 22, 2008 by Ann Bauer

Southern Italy is full of svelte young women running around in black leather coats and exquisite, sharp-pointed shoes who eat pasta every day. I don’t know how they do it. Yes, I’m referring to the shoes in part: torturous contraptions that look as if they could cause hammer toes within about an hour. But more … Read more