'Anything's Pastable,' says Dan Pashman of 'The Sporkful'

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Published July 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM EDT

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We revisit host Robin Young’s April 2024 visit with her former intern, James Beard and Webby award-winning podcast host and pasta shape inventor Dan Pashman. Pashman had just published his cookbook “Anything’s Pastable: 81 Inventive Pasta Recipes for Saucy People.”

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