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Simply Spaghetti: An Unconventional History

Spaghetti is the most popular form of pasta in the world. In 2010 it accounted for two-thirds of global pasta consumption. Made from durum-wheat flour and water, you might consider spaghetti to be the chameleon of pastas, as it’s constantly reinventing itself. This last reinvention came at the end of the Second World War, when [...]

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‘Tis The Season To Roll Up Your Sleeves

I never spent as much time in the kitchen as my mother and grandmother would have liked. I was the sort of kid (and let’s be honest, the kind of adult) that expects dinner to appear, like magic, without stepping foot into the kitchen. When I was faced with the daunting task of hosting a [...]

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Conversations With Emilio: Getting To Know The Man Behind The Machine

In 1996 Vanity Fair began printing the Proust Questionnaire on the last page of its magazine, revealing the often complex personalities of luminaries worldwide. In an effort to better understand Emilio, I asked him to answer the same questions. His responses are detailed below.

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Twist and Shout

As fall creeps onto the calendar, our days get shorter, our nights get longer and before we know it, the season of holiday eating is upon us. Autumn is a time of harvest and while some of us in North America may think of pumpkins and apples, people around the world celebrate the harvest as [...]

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AFP-601 Automatic Empanada, Turnover and Perogi Machine Demo

We recently demoed the AFP-601 Automatic Filled Empanada and Turnover Machine to a client in New York. But this time, we decided to video it so that you can see how the machine performs. Because empanadas are becoming more and more popular in the US everyday, we get a lot of inquiries, given that it’s [...]

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