pasta

One of our favorite things to make at home is pasta. We still love really good dried pasta like this, but you can be so much more creative with fresh…

When we found this pumpkin “Fiori di Zucca” pasta last weekend we couldn’t resist. How perfect for fall? The orange torchio shape really does resemble a zucchini flower, and as it turns…

  One of our favorite things about the Amalfi Coast is the abundance of lemons. They’re everywhere, and they are huge and fragrant! We needed a simple weeknight dinner and…

Shellfish stock is such a simple and basic recipe, but it’s hard to find a place that will sell shells. We started saving our shrimp, crab, and lobster shells in one of these bags…

  It seems like a lot of people stress too much about what to eat during the week and a lot of the literature out there makes weeknight dinners way…

We’ve mentioned one of our favorite cookbooks, Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook of Sorts in several posts. It is a beautiful book and has lots of simple and flavorful recipes inspired…

Cacio e Pepe is a simple Roman pasta dish made with cheese and black pepper. It’s simple, yet delicious! It only takes a few ingredients that we usually have on…

Bechamel is one of the five mother sauces in classic French cooking, but it’s not just for French food. It’s the base for a lot of creamy Italian pasta sauces,…

This gorgeous romanesco inspired us to make a different kind of pasta sauce this week. It tastes similar to cauliflower but has a vibrant color and appearance. Pureed cruciferous vegetables like…

We have a busy schedule, so we don’t have a lot of time to cook on weeknights, and we like to have leftovers for lunch. A quick baked pasta is the perfect…

  Pesto is so simple to make that it’s really one of those things we should make more often than we actually do. It’s a great appetizer for entertaining and…