Says Amy, "I love Italian food. I lived in Italy and studied the language and learned to cook there. But I seriously didn't expect to eat Italian food in Japan until I got a recommendation for Kabe no Ana."

More than a third of Italian men over the age of 30 live at home with their parents, a phenomenon blamed on sky-high apartment rents and bleak job prospects as much as a liking for mamma's cooking.

I love cooking pasta and I do live in Rome, working for a TV network for gourmets. That's why I'd love to share my everyday work with everyone, on the web, so that you can tell me if you like my original Italian pasta recipes!