Best Pasta Noodle Ever

This is the BEST version of this pasta we have ever made! We bought Tomatoes at the South Pasadena Farmer's Market. They were at their very best. I also bought a Pasta from the stand that sells Italian Products. He said it was a great Pasta. Cathy and I agreed it was the best Pasta ever. I have returned to the Farmer's Market and although he was there, he didn't have any more of the Pasta. I have googled it, but can't find it. I have a picture of it below. If you ever see it buy some for yourself and for me! Hopefully one day it will return.

We started with a Melon Salad with Spec and Peanuts. Melon's this summer are fantastic!

In the summer when tomatoes were at their best we made several batches of Oven Candied Summer Tomatoes from: The Italian Country Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. We then froze the tomatoes for use in the winter when delicious tomatoes are hard to come by.

We used the frozen tomatles for our main course: Lentil Pasta. The Italian Lentil Pasta from the restaurant Locanda Veneta in Los Angeles is one of the best. It is so rich, you would swear it was made with meat. You can get the recipe from our blog of: July 22, 2008. Click the date to get the recipes for both the pasta and the tomatoes.