When i say Italian food only pasta comes to my mind. Pasta is one of the famous food in Italy. Though there are many other good recipes in italy pasta is the one which got popular all over the world. Many pasta variations are available in most of the fast food centers. Subway, Dominoes and many other restaurants these days serve pasta along with their list of other fast food dishes. It is very easy to prepare past and it is light to your stomach. Because of it’s long shelf life and no-storage issue it became one popular storage food.

Little bit of pasta history

Pasta was popularized all over the world during travels of marco paulo who was known for spreading pasta all over the world.Pasta was famous already in italy before marco paulo. It is believed that pasta is born from the mixture of Italian and Arabian culture. By 1300 pasta was famous and known all over the world. During that time what being very common and easily available ingredient was used for making pasta.

Pasta becomes famous because of it’s easy to cook and long shelf life and that allowed many voyagers to carry it on ship. With every culture pasta was improved and passed on to another generation with modified recipes and preparation methods. You’ll find different techniques to make pasta and even different recipes that add pasta within.In America, pasta recipes were mixed with tomato and there was birth of one more recipe that uses pasta.

Pasta from italy is extensively imported and there are many recipes which uses pasta and that increases it’s popularity. Most of the countries in the world has Italian restaurants that makes use of original pasta so if you get a chance to eat in such restaurants don’t forget to taste pasta.