Tacapasta Pasta Drying Rack The new Pasta Drying Rack created by Marcato is incredibly useful indeed! You can hang more than 2 kg (4 lbs) of fresh pasta to dry on its sixteen sturdy, Crystal-Clear Polycarbonate rods with the help of the practical wand included. The multipurpose wand, stored in the central chrome-plated steel column, can also be used to cut the dough sheet without damaging the work top. The Tacapasta opens like a fan and closes quickly without having to be disassembled, taking very little space in your kitchen. Innovation, practicality and design are the features of Tacapasta, which is available in Crystal-Clear. Guaranteed for 3 years. Stands 18.5 inches tall, each wand is 8 inches in diameter. The success of pasta! Because of the success of the “Mediterranean diet” nutritional model, pasta is conquering a growing number of admirers worldwide. The reason for this success is to be found in the characteristics of the food that is easy to make even at home, quick to cook, tasty, easily digestible, nourishing, cheap and above all, fun! In the kitchen, pasta allows us to free our imagination and create recipes that will not fail to amaze and satisfy the most demanding palates of friends and relatives. Pasta as we know it (maccheroni, spaghetti, etc.) was born in Sicily and precisely in Trabia near Palermo. A particular type of pasta, called “itryah” in Arabic was made here. Vermicelli di Tria are well known in Palermo even today. At the end of the 18th century pasta was generally called “maccheroni” and the term included: lasagne, drawn pasta, filled pasta and so on.