When I put in an Amazon order for my summer quarter textbooks, I added a pasta rack and the ravioli attachment for my pasta machine to the order. It arrived yesterday afternoon, so I had to make a mess of ravioli, and it really was a mess.

Just like all the other mechanical kitchen gadgets, the instructions always make it sound so easy, but the fact of the matter is that it takes practice.

I made up a batch of spelt pasta, which hung wonderfully on the new pasta rack, and came up with a quick mushroom, onion, garlic filling since Laurie can't do dairy.