Fiona Afshar was a computer programmer-turned-florist before she taught herself to make pasta by hand. Bringing her artistic talents into her kitchen in Malibu, California, the home cook told Insider ...

The overarching concept for coloring pasta: find something with a strong natural color, roast it, boil it, or smash it, and mix it into the pasta dough. I used beets, saffron, and fresh herbs. Beets: ...