Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Season 14

Episode 1407: Speedy Pasta – Italy vs U.S.

Two women sitting at a table with food and drinks

me and Jean DesBarres

A Florida grandmother, Jean DesBarres, shows two fast pantry favorites: Pasta with Tuna and Capers and Easy French Bread she freezes to pop in the oven for unexpected company. Then we learn about more grandmothers, but this time in Italy, as we follow a woman determined to save the recipes of Italian grandmothers who still make pasta by hand. In Parma, Local chef Carlo Casoni, shows us a fast pasta dish highlighting three iconic ingredients from the region.

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Recipes

Pasta with Tuna and Capers

Easy French Bread

Tagliatelle with Prosciutto in a Creamy Tomato Sauce

THANKS TO:

Jean LesBarres

Chef Carlo Casoni

Vicky Bennison, who has two cookbooks out, celebrating “The Pasta Grannies”

A hand holding a plate of pasta

A book cover with a plate of pasta and a glass of cheese

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