Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Janín Barboza accumulates a life as intense as it is varied on her resume. Soap opera actress in the nineties, radio host, television presenter and former beauty queen, Janín took a radical turn in her career when she settled in Europe.
In 2008, she moved to London, and from there she spent time in Warsaw and Budapest, before settling permanently in Madrid, the city where she is successful in networking and where she has achieved a profile that led her to be chosen by Forbes magazine in 2025 as one of the 25 Latinas to follow.
Part of that fame has come from social networks. Through her Instagram account, Learn like Janín, this Venezuelan has managed to captivate tens of thousands of followers with short, dynamic and very visual videos. In them, you solve everything from how to sit correctly to how to manage social situations naturally. And it also gives us the keys to know how to eat certain foods that always generate uncomfortable situations.
The eternal debate when eating spaghetti: fork alone or with a spoon?
In one of her latest videos, Janín Barboza answers a recurring question that always arises when we are in an Italian restaurant: how to eat spaghetti. And how many times have we hesitated when having a plate of long pasta in front of us at a formal dinner in a restaurant? There are people who eat them only with a fork, there are those who commit the crime of cutting the spaghetti to make it easier to eat, and there are those who eat it by rolling it on the fork with the help of a spoon.
Janín is clear about the correct way to eat this popular type of pasta. Despite how widespread the use of the spoon as a support is in many places, the stricter protocol simplifies the process. The key is dexterity and wrist movement.
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According to the expert, author of the book 'Practical Fundamentals of Etiquette and Protocol', the secret to tasting this dish impeccably is simpler than it seems, as long as you follow the right direction.
For Janin, there's no loss: “All you have to do is hold and roll the pasta on the fork in a clockwise direction.” It is best to do so by resting the fork against the edge of the plate, to facilitate turning.
In addition, you should avoid rolling too much spaghetti, to avoid overfilling your mouth. With this small gesture, we ensure that the portion of pasta is perfectly compacted on the cutlery, avoiding loose threads that could cause unnecessary splashes on our clothes or on the tablecloth.
Once this is done, it is best to maintain an upright posture and bring the fork to your mouth, not your mouth to the fork. And of course, there is no need to suck when putting the spaghetti in your mouth.
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Photographs | @janinbarboza, KamranAydinov for Freepik
