Home to Traditional Italian cuisine
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In Italy, Pasta is all about being together.
With the intention of bringing the community together, Vita Pasta Lab provides Fairfield County a taste of Italian cuisine. Join Chef Vita in one of her Dining Experiences, Workshops and or Kids Cooking Camps.
About Chef Vita
I grew up in the province of Modena, in a family of fantastic cooks where everything was prepared at home. I’m here to share generations-old Italian recipes that are hand-made, fresh, healthy, and family-friendly.
“Another Delicious virtual cooking class with the amazing vita pasta lab.”
—John and ana Pantel
The legend of “al turtlèin,”
the tortellino…
Tortellini, small circles of rolled dough folded around a filling, are one of the most renowned members of the Italian pasta family…no foodstuff in Italian cuisine is surrounded by so much history and lore. Legend has it that Venus, the goddess of love, once stayed at the local tavern in the town of Castelfranco Emilia, halfway between Bologna and Modena. The innkeeper spied on his guest through the keyhole of her room and got a partial glimpse of her. Struck by what he saw, he rushed to his kitchen, rolled out a sheet of fresh egg pasta and invented a shape inspired by Venus' navel. Which is why sometimes the tortellino is called belly button, or ombelico.
