Pic Today 2/28/12

TUNE UP

YOUR PASTA

Here's an old world pasta maker

that you can strum like a guitar.

An Italian chitarra was in style in the 1800's

and a clever way to make home-made pasta.

You can still buy these "pasta guitars"

with their tunable wire strings,

and an effective way of pushing sheets of pasta

into delicious strands of fettucini or spaghetti.

"Pasta harps" are great family fun

in the kitchen.