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Marcato Atlas 150 pasta machine (Italy)

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Some people think making pasta means walking to a supermarket and buying a plastic bag of dry yellow sticks manufactured by a giant corporation. It is very efficient, yes, but it lacks any soul. Real Europeans prefer to work a little bit for their dinner.

Marcato Atlas 150 is an Italian pasta machine lets you roll out proper lasagne, fettuccine, and tagliolini. It is made of solid chrome steel, not flimsy plastic. You turn the crank with your hand, which is good exercise and reminds you that food does not just appear by magic. It attaches firmly to your table so it will not slide around while you work.

Otello Marcato started this business in 1930. Today, the family still makes everything inside Italy, in Campodarsego factory. It is quite amusing that a country known for spontaneous politics can create such perfectly organized, reliable engineering.

Marcato Atlas 150 is available on Amazon, as well.

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