The Scary One would hardly trust me with an egg in the kitchen but let me tell you that celeb chef Catherine Fulvio proved her wrong and showed anyone can be a pasta master.
And so as we mark World Pasta Day tomorrow let me indulge you with my own culinary skills.
Catherine, of course, is celebrated across Ireland for her food, the secrets of which she is happy to pass on to foodie fans.
At her Ballyknocken House and Cookery School in my old stomping ground of Co. Wicklow.
Where Catherine taught a number of fingers and thumbs wannabe chefs how to make pasta.
Now there’s one pasta dish with which we’re all familiar.
And was certainly the exotic dish of my youth was the famous Bolognese.
As well as being the first grown-up dish my Mum (and no Italian she but the best cook of them all) taught me.
Your Spag Bolidays
And that is why we’re pinpointing our pasta pals at Topflight and their Bologna & Adriatic Riviera package.
You’ll get a two-night stay in the famous old university city.
Before relaxing and unwinding for seven nights in the beach resort of Cattolica.
Bologna is known as La Grassa in Italy, meaning the fat one on account of its love of food.
And after all that Spag Bol and vino you’ll be wanting to flop.
Cattolica lurch
Located just 14km south of busy Rimini, Cattolica provides a sheltered beach that is popular.
With watersport lovers and sun worshippers alike.
While there is also a wonderful seafront promenade for a stroll.
Now we’ll pass over, or pasta over if you like, that Imola has the best claim for recipe for a ragù served with pasta.
And that students’ go-to dish might have entered our lives as Spaghetti Imolese.
Topflight of fancy
Well, everyday is an education, as we found.
Under Catherine Fulvio’s tutelage when she taught me to make own.
And others that anyone can be a pasta master.
While Topflight and their excellent guides will teach you the rest about Il Bel Paese.
Topflight’s Bologna and Adriatic Riviera starts from €1,200pp.
