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Word: battifarano (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...single pasta machine to its line of espresso machines in 1977, now sells 24 models, ranging in price from $500 to $70,000. Still, many purists prefer the ritual of making pasta fresca, fatt'a mano (freshly made by hand). At classes like the one taught by Arlene Battifarano at Manhattan's New School, flour-smeared students happily echo, "Fold, push, press, turn! Fold, push, press, turn!" as they attack alps of dough. Says Expert Marcella Hazan: "The warmth of the hand makes for elasticity and body more than any kind of machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: It's a Pasta Avalanche! | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

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