Pasta recipes from the past

In the late nineteenth century pasta began to grow in popularity outside Italy, where it was by then rapidly becoming a staple food of the masses. The variety of ways in which it was served depended as much on economic circumstances as on climatic differences. The upper classes of England and America were serving most of their macaroni dishes as ‘nursery food’ for their children. They were usually bland, sweet puddings which the children loved because they were sweet and easy to chew.