Small-Group Pasta Making with a Local Chef in Rome(2:08)

Warm Up

What are you good at cooking? Do you have a secret recipe? How often do you cook?
What type of pasta do you like to eat and why?
What was the strangest pasta dish you ever ate?

Listening

Before the video: Teachers will read the following questions aloud, please prepare for listening!

After the video: Did you get it? If not, please tell your teacher specifically which part you didn’t understand. Let’s review the video again 🙂

Key Words & Phrases

Do you understand the following Key Words & Phrases? Your teacher will select Key Words & Phrases and ask you about their meanings.

If you don’t understand, your teacher can explain them. Afterwards, try to use the Key Words & Phrases to make a sentence!

00:10 we’re about to learn how to make pasta from scratch, authentic Italian style.
00:33 – Tonight we are not just making pasta,
00:37 but we are trying to share time around the table, share time cooking, preparing a meal, it’s big part of our life.
00:48 It’s emotional, it’s cooking with your heart. Be quite generous with the filling because it’s delicious.
01:06 The guanciale, which is the pig’s cheek, that’s being sauteed, and now the tomato sauce is just being mixed in as well, with a little bit of the guanciale and the oil.
01:32 It’s just a full experience and it’s a meal.
01:36 – [Chef] Best memories are around the table. And in this country it’s such a thing.
Because if you spend your whole day making pasta, that is gonna make you a special person. Like, I wanna hug someone that spends five hours making something.

Discussion

Have you ever cooked with emotion before? Do you think emotion makes you cook better? Why do you think so?
Can you recommend an Italian restaurant in Tokyo? What is good there? What do you think about Saizeriya?
Are there any differences between traditional Italian food and Italian food made in Japan?