Sarah Ubertaccio, founder of QB Cucina
This episode features a discussion with Sarah Ubertaccio, the founder of QB Cucina. QB Cucina provides a complete set of resources to help cooks embrace the art of making pasta at home. They provide courses, tools, ingredients, and a complement of free online tips and interviews. QB Cucina also has a book club for cooks to learn and share recipes with others.
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Sarah found her love for pasta while studying and teaching in Bologna, Italy, the capital of fresh egg pasta. While teaching students english she began her learning journey into pasta. After coming back to the US she wanted to share her passion and techniques for making pasta with others and founded QB Cucina.
In the episode we discuss how Sarah teaches students a progression of pasta technique and some important considerations for being successful making pasta. We also discuss the key ingredients of flour, water and then the additional complication of eggs.
Learning pasta is a very visual process and we discuss the importance of one to one interaction that Sarah provides and some tips for beginners to start their learning process and practice.
Sarah has a thriving book club that features guest authors and cooking collaboration. We discuss the joy of learning and sharing recipes in a club and the value students get from the group and the course.
Pasta is a lifelong art and craft and we discuss how to setup students for their journey and keep the passion going.
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