National Pasta Month is Here!

It’s October 1, do you know what that means? 

National Pasta Month has arrived!

You can celebrate by participating in one of the many fun activities the National Pasta Association offers in celebration of pasta, the perfect food, or by simply enjoying your own delicious pasta meal!

Show Us Your Perfect Pasta for a Chance to Win a Cash Prize!
Enter your favorite original pasta recipe for a chance to win a cash prize worth enough to buy a week’s worth of groceries for a family of four! You can enter by clicking here. Four pastaphiles will win big, and one winner will be selected each week in October, starting October 4.  Each randomly selected winner will receive a cash prize of $250.

Pasta Personality Quiz
If you were a pasta shape, which would you be? Are you a conservative penne or a free-spirited rotini?  Maybe you’re a strong-willed lasagna noodle or a stylish gemelli.  Perhaps, an easy-going spaghetti?  Take the quiz and find out what shape you most resemble! Visit facebook.com/NationalPastaMonth to take the quiz and find your pasta personality.  You can also learn how to make delicious and healthy recipes featuring your personal shape on this site.  By taking the quiz, you’ll also be automatically entered to win a gift certificate from delicious pasta restaurants Carino’s Italian Restaurant or Noodles & Company.

Learn To Cook Pasta Perfectly
At its most basic, pasta is an easy meal to assemble.  But, by mastering a few easy tricks from all-star Chef Cesare Casella, dean of the Italian Culinary Academy, you’ll be on your way to creating gourmet, restaurant- worthy meals at home.  Chef Casella teamed up with the National Pastaa Association to offer exclusive how-to videos featuring cooking tips you can execute in your own kitchen — you can even learn how to make his favorite recipe, Pesto Alla Cesare!

EatPasta.org
Did you know there are more than 100 shapes of dry pasta? You can celebrate National Pasta Month by trying a new shape or updating your favorite sauce by adding a different herb; you can also try a brand new recipe featuring one of the many ingredients that make pasta recipes delicious.  This website is your one-stop source on interesting pasta news and facts, delicious and seasonal pasta recipes, helpful cooking tips and nutritional information. 

Check back throughout the month of October for daily updates!  You can also follow National Pasta Month on Twitter @Eat_Pasta or on Facebook by becoming a fan of National Pasta Month to receive daily updates from EatPasta’s blog.