Pasta is an Italian food made from a dough using flour, water and/or eggs. The dough is shaped and can be stored. Pasta is boiled prior to consumption. There are many variations of shapes and ingredients that are all called pasta. A few examples include spaghetti (solid cylinders), macaroni (tubes or hollow cylinders), fusilli (swirls), and lasagna (sheets). Pasta can also denote dishes in which pasta products are the primary ingredient, served with sauce or seasonings. The word comes from Italian pasta which shares its origins with "paste", meaning "dough", "pasta", or "pastry" as in "small cake".

This great recipe incorporates local & organic ingredients to create a fresh pasta with a vinaigrette sauce. It would make a delicious addition to your labor day cook-out side dishes!

Ruby Tuesday's "Fresh Chicken & Broccoli Pasta." Thanks to its Parmesan cream sauce and layer of melted cheese, the 2,060 calories and 128 grams of fat make it the equivalent of two 12-ounce sirloin steaks, two buttered baked potatoes and two Caesar salads. CSPI call this dish "Angioplasta."

Tucked away is Westfort in the south of Thunder Bay Ontario, is Mama Alfa's Pizzeria. If you want to taste pizza like pizza should taste, Mama Alfa's is the closest you can get to Italy in Thunder Bay. The pasta is homemade, if you want to order the pasta, you have to make reservations so the fresh pasta is ready for you.