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The Italian Pasta      According to Wikipedia, is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily. It is also commonly used to refer to the variety of pasta dishes. Typically, pasta is a noodle made from an unleavened dough of a durum wheat flour mixed with water or eggs and formed into sheets or various shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. It can also be made with flour from other cereals or grains. Pastas may be divided into two broad categories, dried (pasta secca) and fresh (pasta fresca).      Most dried pasta is commercially produced via an extrusion process. Fresh pasta was traditionally produced by hand, sometimes with the aid of simple machines, but today many varieties of fresh pasta are also commercially produced by large-scale machines, and the products are widely available in supermarkets. BY SAHIROH TOHE 12 | MIXED • OCTOBER 2019

Preparing the      A sandwich is a food item consisting of one or Best Sandwiches more types of food, such as vegetables, sliced for School cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein two or BY LAVENDER HANSEN more pieces of bread serve as a container or wrapper for some other food. The sandwich was 32 | MIXED • OCTOBER 2019 originally a portable food item or finger food which began to be popular in the Western World. Today sandwiches in various versions are found worldwide.      Sandwiches are a popular type of lunch food, taken to work, school, or picnics to be eaten as part of a packed lunch. The bread can be used plain, or it can be coated with one or more condiments such as mayonnaise or mustard to enhance the flavours and texture.