In this exclusive Hungry History video, host Ian Knauer explains how founding father Thomas Jefferson discovered pasta in Europe and introduced it to the United States. He also churns out some homemade pasta and a simple dish similar to the one Jefferson used to serve his guests at the White House. Check out the recipe below to try it yourself.
About the Host: After spending close to a decade in the test kitchens of Gourmet Magazine, where he developed recipes and co-hosted “Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie” and “Adventures with Ruth,” Ian poured his love of food back into his family’s Pennsylvania farm. There, he grows his own vegetables and cooks everything from scratch. He recently released his first cookbook, “The Farm: Rustic Recipes for a Year of Incredible Food.” He also writes for several publications and contributes to Cooking Channel’s “Unique Eats.”
