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# Dan Pashman & his new book "Anything's Pastable"
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcasts/your-last-meal/2024/05/dan-pashman-his-new-book-anythings-pastable/
- Published: 2024-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-05T19:51:07.000Z
- Description: Award winning The Sporkful podcast host, Dan Pashman, invented a new pasta shape in 2021. Cascatelli was released with great fanfare -- Time magazine declared the pasta one of 2021’s best inventions and it was covered everywhere from The New York Times to Access Hollywood.
- Author: Rachel Belle
- Tags: Your Last Meal, #podcast, #delete-this-tag, #dovetail_365881bc-f14f-4e5f-bfcf-04556332a824

Award winning *The Sporkful* podcast host, Dan Pashman, invented a new pasta shape in 2021\. Cascatelli was released with great fanfare -- *Time* magazine declared the pasta one of 2021’s best inventions and it was covered everywhere from *The New York Times* to *Access Hollywood.* 

But when fans started tagging Dan on Instagram, eager to show off their cascatelli creations, he realized everyone was bathing their pasta in the same three sauces! Eager to move beyond marinara and mac & cheese, Dan wrote his first cookbook, [*Anything’s Pastable: 81 Inventive Pasta Recipes for Saucy People.* ](https://www.sporkful.com/anythings-pastable/?ref=cascadepbs.org)

On his recent book tour, Dan popped by host Rachel Belle’s Seattle home studio to talk about the cookbook’s innovative, international recipes; the best place in the house to eat when you don’t want to share food with your children; and why he thinks spaghetti is an inferior pasta shape. 

Then host Rachel Belle blindfolded Dan and fed him pasta to see how many shapes he could identify by mouthfeel alone! Watch the video here!

Dan was on YLM to talk about his last meal back in 2017 -- [you can listen here!](https://omny.fm/shows/your-last-meal-with-rachel-belle/dan-pashman-anything-wrapped-in-a-flour-tortilla?ref=cascadepbs.org)

Watch Rachel's Cascade PBS TV show [The Nosh with Rachel Belle!](https://www.kcts9.org/show/the-nosh-with-rachel-belle/episodes?ref=cascadepbs.org)

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