The Sporkful Anything’s Pastable 1 | Every Grain Of Salt
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Mar 4, 2024 Join Dan on a journey to create a cookbook featuring unique pasta shapes and innovative recipes. Explore the debate between Morton and Diamond Crystal salt, recipe development challenges, and the excitement of preordering the cookbook. Follow along as Dan shares the highs and lows of his culinary adventure in Italy and the process of perfecting pasta dishes for his first cookbook.
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Cascatelli Went Viral, Photos Revealed A Problem
- Dan Pashman tells how his pasta shape cascatelli went viral and filled out within hours.
- Listeners sent him photos but most showed the same few sauces, which inspired his cookbook idea.
Pasta Choices Are Cultural Habits, Not Limits
- Dan realized pasta shapes limit people only when they treat sauce choices as fixed cultural habits.
- He concluded a cookbook could expand what people consider valid pasta toppings beyond tradition.
Use A Recipe Editor And Style Guide
- Use a recipe editor to create a style guide and ensure consistency when multiple developers contribute.
- Have a final tester to refine and cross-test every recipe before publication.