Who is Ancora Pasta?

Ancora Pasta is a family-run business that prides itself on producing fresh, dried, and frozen artisanal pasta the way it has been for centuries: by hand. You will not find heavy machinery here; just a pair of hands and old-fashioned pasta tools - some of which emigrated from Italy and have been passed down by our relatives.

Ancora Pasta is about as family-run as you can get. We are just two people, a husband and wife team, assisted by our friends and family on a volunteer (or "for pasta") basis. Tim, our pastaio (pasta man), is the culinary heart of the business. Carrie is the organizational center and administrative expert-in-training.

Our goal is to create a traditional regional-Italian pasta experience using ingredients that are local (to Maine, of course!), organic, and seasonal. This is not your standard American pasta dinner, by any means. The majority of types of pasta we make aren't even found in your average grocery store, let alone the state of Maine. You'll find that our pasta is not "cut and dried," so to speak. Each has been chosen carefully for its distinct form, texture, and, believe it or not, history (Tim is a big pasta historian). We want you to taste and feel how pasta is meant to be, not what we've been encouraged to believe it to be through our "fast-food" culture.