KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 -- My best friend from Italy is coming to town this weekend. We have known each other for over two decades now (and counting).

So what better dish to whip up for this "Weekend Kitchen" than a pasta that even his Italian mamma would approve of.

My rosemary sausage fusilli has ingredients one might associate with Italian cooking - a tri coloured fusilli pasta (a nod to the green, white and red of the Italian flag), sprigs of fresh rosemary - and some that aren't as indelibly linked, including Italian sausages, which are in fact an American invention.

Still, it is the thought that counts. (Or do I mean the taste?)

This is a dish that is a celebration of a friendship across borders, spanning two continents and twent...