When we Americans think of pasta, usually spaghetti with a red sauce comes to mind. Maybe a fettuccine alfredo. And that's it. Friends say that after having lived in Italy I've become a "pasta snob," but when I've tasted so many amazing sauces and combinations, how can I not be?! Since coming back, I find American Italian pasta dishes to be bland sauce on top of mushy pasta. In Italy, all sauces are made fresh and delicious... nothing is canned or pre-made. When I was living in Italy, my Italian teacher has a friend of hers who was a chef teach us some real Italian recipes. I'm still looking for the gnocchi recipe in my email somewhere, but here's the ragu.
