Pastanauts

09/23/2026

No markets this weekend for the Pastanauts- but while we’re away, stop by to see our friends at the Martinsburg Farmers Market!!

It's Wednesday! This Saturday is the perfect time to visit the Martinsburg Farmers Market. Fill your basket with seasonal produce🍅, stock up on value-added products like honey and jams🍯, and don't forget to shop for meat and eggs🥩.

09/16/2026

⚠️ Mission Warning: We regularly sell out at the booth. Secure your stash ahead of time by pre-ordering for market pickup at pastanauts.com/order!

We’re touching down at two locations this weekend with a fresh payload of pasta shapes - including our brand-new drop, Creste di Gallo!

Weekend Flight Plan:
📍 Saturday 09.19 | 10 AM - 2 PM Martinsburg Farmers Market (Farm Crawl Saturday!)
📍 Sunday 09.20 | 9 AM - 1 PM: Shepherdstown Farmers Market

This Weekend’s Cargo:
✨ Fusilloni
✨ Egg Fettuccine
✨ Rigatoni
✨ NEW: Creste di Gallo

Lock in your order online this week, or arrive early at the launchpad before we run dry!

09/15/2026

Plan your Saturday around the Berkeley County Farm Crawl! 🚜🍝

19 stops across the county: farms, markets, a winery, distillery, petting zoo, pottery, and ice cream; all open the same day and totally worth the drive.

Catch us at the Martinsburg Farmers Market (125 West King St) from 10 AM – 2 PM! We’ll have all four pasta shapes ready, including our newest shape, Creste di Gallo.

Bring a cooler bag for the road, and make sure to stop by before heading home!

09/11/2026

The folks at Bushel & Peck put together a pesto bundle for the end of summer, and our fusilloni made the cut. Good company in there - basil, black walnuts, parmesan, finishing salt. Stop by their store in Charles Town to grab one while they last!

Pesto Pasta Bundles are in! They are available for purchase first come first serve!

Pesto from Young Harvests
Fresh Pasta by Pastanauts
Black Walnuts and Garlic from Franklin Sustainable Farms
Parmesan from South Mountain Creamery
Heirloom Finishing Salt from J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works

$34.20 per bundle

09/10/2026

New shape, same two ingredients - 100% Italian Semolina and Berkeley Spring Water!

Cresti Di Gallo means "rooster's crest," - a ridged macaroni with a ruffle running along the spine. Every groove is extra surface area. More surface, more sauce clinging on the way to your fork

The curl traps sauce inside the shell too, so you get some in every bite instead of just on the outside

This versatile shape is built for anything with body - a sausage ragù, a cacio e pepe, a baked mac - take your pick!

09/09/2026

Two markets this weekend 🍝

📍 Saturday - Martinsburg Farmers Market, 125 W. King St., 10am–2pm
📍 Sunday - Shepherdstown Farmers Market, S King St., 9am–1pm

Creste di gallo is back for a second week - if you missed it last weekend, this is your shot. 🐓 Order it ahead of time to secure your payload!

One heads up: no gluten free this weekend. We're still tracking down more flour, and it's been hard to come by lately. We'll let you know as soon as it's back.

09/07/2026

Looking for dinner ideas this weekend?! Add this one to your flight logs- a farm fresh pesto pasta meal 🤤

The folks at Bushel & Peck have curated quite the spread for this bundle package! Local basil, garlic, Parmesan, walnuts, salt, and 100% Italian pasta.

Stop by and see them in store this Friday, or secure your payload ahead of time and email these cool people at [email protected]

Here’s something we’re excited to offer you all: a meal bundle and recipe inspired by Northern Italian cooking author Marcella Hazan, comprised of all local ingredients!

A classic pesto recipe uses pine nuts, which are plentiful in Northern Italy. Regionally, other common nuts are used: hazelnuts in Central Italy and walnuts in the South. In that spirit, we are incorporating nuts local to our region, black walnuts, which provide a toasty, earthy flavor.

In the bundle:
Basil 4 oz - Young Harvest Farm
Black Walnuts 2 oz - Franklin Sustainable Farms
Fresh Red Garlic bulb - Franklin Sustainable Farms
Parmesan 8 oz block - South Mountain Creamery
Fusilloni Pasta 16 oz - Pastanauts
Finishing Salt 1 oz - J.Q. Dickinson Saltworks

Here’s where it’s all coming from!

Young Harvests, a small farm in Charles Town specializing in fresh salad greens, microgreens, and seasonal vegetables.

Franklin Sustainable Farms, an Amish organic farmer co-op of about 40 growers in Franklin County, PA, just north of Hagerstown. They are a primary source for certified organic produce at our shop.

South Mountain Creamery, a farmer-owned dairy from Middletown, MD. They offer minimally processed, pastured dairy products, such as glass-bottle milk, ice cream, cream, and cheeses.

Pastanauts! A new vendor who has already become much beloved, providing fresh pasta dough made with Italian-imported wheat, water, and salt. B&P is the first storefront to sell Pastanauts products, and we’re excited to highlight their delicious pasta in this meal.

J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works of Charleston, WV. Their salt brine is naturally sourced from the ancient Iapetus ocean (predating the Atlantic), from deposits enclosed within the Appalachian mountains.

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Reserve a bundle by emailing us at [email protected], or place an order at our store counter during business hours.

Pickup begins at 12pm on Friday, Sept. 11th

If we have extra bundles available, we will offer them first come, first serve on Friday.

$38 per bundle. Recipe serves 4.

Happy cooking!

09/04/2026

Did you know West Virginia is the only place around here you can buy fresh pasta made in a home kitchen?

Our cottage food law covers it. Virginia's and Maryland's don't! So, if you've got friends across either line, this is one they have to drive for.

We make it in small batches with 100% Italian durum wheat, and it comes with us to the farmers market every week. Rigatoni, Fusilloni, Creste di Gallo, and Fettuccine on the table right now.

Come stop by, say hi - or find us at pastanauts.com.

And if there's a local West Virginia market you think should be carrying Pastanauts, tell them about us, or tell us. We'd love the introduction.

09/02/2026

Something new is strutting into the market this weekend. 🐓 Meet creste di gallo - named for a rooster’s crest, this macaroni shape is designed to hold an absurd amount of sauce in every ruffle. Freshly extruded and ready for your weekend dinners. Grab a box before they fly the coop!

Martinsburg - Saturday 10-2p
Shepherdstown - Sunday 9-1pm

08/28/2026

🛰️ No Pastanauts at the farmers markets this weekend.

Instead, resupply at Bushel & Peck in Charles Town. 🚀

We'll be back next week!
9/5 Martinsburg 10–2
9/6 Shepherdstown 9–1

Along with something new on the table!