PASTA OF THE VATICAN OFFERED HERE! Guiseppe Cocco brand pasta is the sole purveyor of pasta to the Vatican. Founded in 1916, Guiseppe Cocco has maintained that four ingredients are needed to make excellent pasta: Mountain wheat, spring water, clean/pure air for the drying of the pasta and the processing technique. Cocco uses all manual and traditional methods in the processing, including 19th century bronze cutting tools which gives the pasta the necessary roughness that will enhance the taste of the sauces. We offer five varieities of this papal pasta. Rest assured that all pasta sold on this web site is of the highest quality.

If antipasti is the prelude, pasta in an Italian meal is the main event. Pasta is a staple in the Italian diet. In other countries people frequently ask, "How can one culture eat the same thing, sometimes twice a day?" Just a few days in Italy is enough to show you no two pastas are ever the same. Hundreds of cuts, flavors, shapes, and textures abound. With this great variety, a healthful, delicious meal is available to you always!