Many of the greatest adventures take place in the kitchen. Hands move skilfully on the work surface. A gesture, a kind word, a knowing look. Simple ingredients enhance the taste of everyday life, like water, an essential and precious element that, together with flour, is able to release the magic of a dough. Out of all the ingredients - on a par with water - that can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, there is one that truly counts: being the creator of the food brought to the table, choosing what to cookand when to do it, then being told that it tastes much nicer "because you made it".

There are as many kind of flour, as thereare places on earth where is grown: white for those who like to roll out a thin layer of pasta, semolina for those looking for a stronger flavour, durum wheat that retains it firmness when cooked, and then there is buckwheat, corn or chestnut, spelt or rice flours, on their own or mixed together. MIxing just flour and water, listening to the noises of the kitchen around you; pulling the dough, while the mind frees itself of every thought, until you get a strong but silky sheet, which remains firm when cooked and embraces the filling without letting it escape... Every type of flour recognisable through its own taste and aroma, has a story to tell.

Ready at the table in all seasons. Reinvented all over the world. What's fascinating about fresh pasta - an authentic, exquisite food, that is a simple mixture of flour and water - is its ability to remain popular through the centuries, yet be ahead of the times and adapt to an infinite number of sauces and seasonings. Putting together the two simple ingredients mixed by hand and the dishes chosen according to one's own taste and culture in Marcato. Its range of ecletic, contemporary machines, produced entirely in Italy through a careful selection of materials, allow us to once again to be in control of our food choices. Knowing to serve on the table and preparing healthy dishes - effortlessly and in no time at all - are the new paths to well-being.