Pasta for the Italians means home, friends and family: it’s the last minute spaghetti dish for the son who arrives home late, for the uninvited but welcome friend who rings the bell at dinner time, for myself, when all the family is out and I secretly indulge in a TV-dinner on the sofa - something that is strictly forbidden to anyone else. This issue is dedicated to pasta, which we have in our DNA. If you think that you know everything about the most famous dish in the world, read 'di che pasta siamo fatti', what we are made of.