A Sporkful of 'Anything’s Pastable': Dan Pashman and Anthony Rose

The host of America's top food podcast is coming to Toronto! Join Dan Pashman, James Beard Award-winning host of The Sporkful and inventor of the viral cascatelli pasta shape, for a cooking demo and talk with Toronto's own chef Anthony Rose about Dan's new cookbook, .

The book was inspired by the response to cascatelli, which was named one of Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of the Year. In addtion, the book will be available for sale with ticket purchase and on site.

We have purchased a limited number of boxes of Cascatelli pasta - that are currently on sale!

After the theatre portion of the program, Dan will be available to sign copies of his Anything's Pastable and dishes from the book will be served with Cascatelli Pasta.

About the Book

When Sporkful podcast host Dan Pashman launched cascatelli, a new pasta shape he invented that he designed to hold tons of sauce, stay on the fork, and be incredibly satisfying to bite into, it went viral and was named one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of the Year. VICE called him "a modern pasta legend."

But as Dan was flooded with pictures of what people were making with his pasta, he was disappointed to see how limited the dishes were: tomato sauce, meat sauce, mac and cheese, over and over. A few party animals made pesto.

So Dan set out to revolutionize people’s conceptions of pasta sauces, just as he did with pasta shapes. He traveled across Italy and worked with an all-star team of recipe developers in the US to create a new kind of pasta sauce cookbook for people bored with the old standbys. That’s why there’s no 3-hour marinara recipe or fresh pasta made from scratch in this book. No photos of nonnas caked in flour or the hills of Tuscany. Instead it’s time to show the world—Anything’s Pastable.

Here you’ll enjoy dishes inspired by a range of ingredients and cuisines:

• Kimchi Carbonara
• Cacio e Pepe e Chili Crisp
• Keema Bolognese
• Mapo Tofu Cascatelli
• Shakshuka and Shells
• Smoked Cheddar and Chicken Manicotti “Enchiladas”
• Linguine with Miso Clam Sauce
• Shrimp and Andouille Mac and Cheese

Lesser-known Italian pasta dishes with a twist:

• Spaghetti all’Assassina (spicy pasta pan fried until charred and crispy crunchy)
• Ciceri e Tria (chewy fresh pasta with crispy fried pasta in a light chickpea broth)
• Cavatelli with Roasted Artichokes and Preserved Lemon
• Creste di Gallo with Fava Beans and Dandelion Greens
• Pasta Frittata

Fun and delicious concoctions that may—or may not—be how they do it in Italy:

• Spinach Artichoke Dip Lasagna Pinwheels
• Pasta Pizza (the “crust” is fettucine fused together)
• Roman Cafeteria Hot Dog Pasta Salad with Canned Veggies

About Cascatelli by Sporkful (Kosher)

From the mind of two time James Beard Award winner Dan Pashman, creator and host of The Sporkful food podcast, comes CASCATELLI (Italian for “waterfalls”). Three years in the making, this original shape was created in collaboration with the artisans at Sfoglini. Cascatelli is designed to maximize the three qualities by which Dan believes all pasta shapes should be judged:

• Sauceability: How readily sauce adheres to the shape
• Forkability: How easy it is to get the shape on your fork and keep it there
• Toothsinkability: How satisfying it is to sink your teeth into it

Date: October 20th 2024

Time: 7:30 - 9:00 pm

Location: The Prosserman JCC, 4588 Bathurst Street

For further information, please contact

Marnie Mandel at [email protected]

We cannot provide ticket refunds 48 before the showtime.

Host or Publisher Prosserman JCC