Making your own pasta can inspire excitement in some and angst in others, but the final product is hands-down unbeatable. “Bad carb” no more, a recent study gives us all permission to love our noodles ...

The hearty farro casarecce at Giulia. The bell-shaped campanelle at Coppa. The savory rye mafalde at Craigie on Main. The petite gnocchetti at Steel & Rye. What do these noodles have in common?

SURE, YOU can go to the supermarket or local deli and pick up a box of pasta. No one is disputing that. Once home, you drop the dried dough in a pot of boiling water and dinner is well on its way. But ...