When Matt and Emily arrive at Sfoglini, dense fog obscures the sweeping view of the Manhattan skyline that you can normally see from the eighth-floor window of the Pfizer building, where the pasta company began production in 2012. Former home to the giant pharmaceutical facturer, the 575,000-square-foot facility has been touted as "the creative epicenter of Brooklyn's food scene" by Edible Brooklyn and now houses companies making small batch pickles (McClures), icy treats (People's Pops), and brisket (Delaney Barbecue), among many other food related businesses. Walking down the halls, one is greeted by all kinds of aromas roasting chicken here, buttery baked goods there The smell of semolina at the Sfoglini space is subtle but pleasant nonetheless. Sfoglini co-owner and chief pasta maker Steve Gonzalez is making a fresh batch of dough for the reginetti pasta that Matt's chosen to pair with his lamb ragu. Reginetti, Italian for "little queen," is a short, ribbon shaped pasta with exaggerated ruffles that will envelop and hold onto the tasty bits of meat sauce. When Matt spies the reginetti passing through the ext his face lights up, and no wonder as the machine resembles nothing so much as a giant Play-Doh toy. Unlike the Teflon dies used in some pasta factories, the bronze dies used at Sfoglini give their extruded pasta a text tured, porous surface, which helps sauces stick. While the dies 49 FINE COOKING COM