The scene could not be much more Italian: a Vespa, laundry on the line, and women in the street making pasta. To know which part of Italy, though, just look at the shape they're making – that is, if you can see it. Nunzia Caputo's hands move so quickly that we've slowed-down the video to see her forming orecchiette, which means "little ears."

It's the pasta of Puglia, a region known for olive trees, distinctive homes called trulli, and orecchiette, which Caputo says she's been making since she was six. Good thing she sees it as more art than work."Because you see this mass transform," she told correspondent Seth Doane, "it's magic in your hands."