Symbol of the great boot, synonymous with good company and fundamental ingredient in the Mediterranean diet, Italian pasta is famous all over the world for its goodness and genuineness. Today we discover together some historical and curious facts about our beloved pasta that you may not know yet.
There is a document dating back to 1154 where the geographer Al-Idrin describes the Triyha, a food in the form of flour-based threads, packaged in Palermo. He is talking about spaghetti, the type of pasta preferred by many who, apparently, would have been introduced in Italy by the Arabs.