Carla with Nonna Adelina outside the family home that is still in the Squatrito family today.
To the image’s right stood the stalls that housed the family’s cattle – used mostly for milk — rabbits and chicken. Carla’s generation and those prior were very self-sufficient, raising and growing the greater part of their food. Items purchased most were: glass bottles (for wine), salt, leather and metal products (shovels, hammers, etc.).
Carla Squatrito, Founder and President of Carla’s Pasta, is the quintessential American success story. 
Carla’s story began in the Piemonte Region of Italy when she, along with her mother, left Torino to live in the rural hills to avoid the conditions of WWII. It was during that time, she learned that food was limited and a gift to be shared with love and respect.
In 1968, Carla moved to the United States for love. Ten years later, she opened a small Italian specialty shop in Manchester, CT, focusing on fresh pasta. With passion, drive and a deep respect for food, she started the brand that is today, Carla’s Pasta.
Over the last 42 years, Carla has grown her company into one of the largest national pasta and pesto manufacturers, making over a million pounds of pasta every month, and now exporting her products to more than seven different countries. All out of Souuth Windsor!
Rooted in Family, Carla’s passion and drive is instilled in her two sons, Sandro and Sergio, along with her “family of employees,” who she personally works with every day. Family and community have always been the cornerstones on which Carla has built her life and grown her business.
Photographs courtesy of Carla’s Pasta. Additional items borrowed that were to be put on display at Wood include:
