Nestled on Sunset Drive in Basalt, La Pastaiola is an artisanal pasta shop that invites nostalgia and experimentation. Owned by husband-and-wife duo Marco Baghetti and Aina Ismagulova, the couple works elbows-deep to bring comforting dishes while also inspiring community connections. Baghetti happens to be from Naples, Italy. Although Ismagulova grew up in Almaty, Kazakhstan, […]
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Branching Out: Fragrances of home-making
The scent of cumin hits an ancestral note for me; it frees the feels, right up there with sauteed onions or sizzling garlic: uniquely and pungently itself. Familiar and welcoming, yes, but otherworldly, too. In just a handful of homes do I smell it, that pervasive, bulk-food spice cabinet smell: cumin. It is the fragrance […]