Boston - June 05, 2009

Give It a Twirl

DePasquale's Homemade Pasta Shoppe Opens

Pizza is called pie, your cousin’s name is Vinnie, and you had a mustache when you were 6. You’re basically Italian, capiche?

Show your amore for the old country with a stop at DePasquale’s Homemade Pasta Shoppe, which opened this week in the North End. The little market is stocked with 50 varieties of pasta including fresh gnocchi, linguini, and tagliatelle — and twenty flavors of handmade ravioli (artichoke and ricotta cheese, lobster, and eggplant).

Load up your cucina with Italian groceries (olive oil, vinegar, pesto) and fresh-baked breads. Or pick up one of owner Frank DePasquale’s recipe cards for step-by-step instructions on how to make his family’s pasta Amatriciana and pasta puttanesca.

And give anything less the boot.

DePasquale’s Homemade Pasta Shoppe, 66a Cross Street, North End (617-248-9629 or homemade-pasta.com).