Cavati (Cavatelli) with Vodka Sauce & with Broccoli Rabe

Cavati (Cavatelli) with Vodka Sauce & with Broccoli Rabe

Rhode Island friends are in town and we we’re making 2 classic Italian-American pasta dishes. Carol brought a cavati pasta machine all the way from Little Rhody. I’ve never seen this contraption and I was anxious to try it out. You say cavati, I say 

Weekend Recipe: Cavatelli with Arugula

Weekend Recipe: Cavatelli with Arugula

Cavatelli with arugula is a simple, pristine and delicious pasta dish from Apuglia in southern Italia. Make the sauce in the time that it takes to boil the water and cook the pasta.

Hotness Challenge – Macaroni with a Baby Back Rib Sauce

Hotness Challenge – Macaroni with a Baby Back Rib Sauce

Calabrians love hot peppers that make their food zesty and memorable. How many drops can you take?

Friday Recipe: Belly-Button Ricotta Gnocchi in a Sage Burnt Butter Sauce

Friday Recipe: Belly-Button Ricotta Gnocchi in a Sage Burnt Butter Sauce

The rising popularity of the potato gnocchi video promtped me to share a simpler gnocchi recipe using ricotta to make the dough instead of potato.

Spaghetti Pie

Spaghetti Pie

So I had some spaghetti with basil pesto left over from last night’s dinner. Boy-oh-boy the next day it’s breakfast–a spaghetti pie.

Basil Pesto–The Genoa Way?

Basil Pesto–The Genoa Way?

Just a few ingredients and you’ve got this pesto in 10 minutes. Use it to dress fettuccine as they do in Genoa (they call the dish trenette) or with spaghetti as I did this time.

Friday Recipe: Hot or Mild? A Quick Paprika Pasta Sauce Your Way!

Friday Recipe: Hot or Mild? A Quick Paprika Pasta Sauce Your Way!

Paprika loves fat. And you’re gonna love this recipe, whether you choose to make it spicy or mild.

Friday Recipe: Pasta Fave, Aglione e Guanciale con Ricotta Secca

Friday Recipe: Pasta Fave, Aglione e Guanciale con Ricotta Secca

My adaptation of a Viola Buitoni recipe for Spring.

Friday Recipe: Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

Friday Recipe: Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

Super easy and delicious spaghetti sauce that pairs best with a good 100% bronze die dried pasta from the Italian regions of Campania or Puglia.

Fresh Pasta: Ricotta Ravioli in a San Marzano Sauce

Fresh Pasta: Ricotta Ravioli in a San Marzano Sauce

This pasta can be used for lasagna, ravioli, tortelloni and other stuffed pastas, and the sauce is delicious.

Potato Gnocchi with Three Sauces

Potato Gnocchi with Three Sauces

Potato Gnocchi from scratch, with Trepanase, Pizzaiola, and Gorgonzola Sauces.

Sunday Gravy

Sunday Gravy

Hand-crushed tomatoes, and meats galore. The traditional, long-cooked pasta sauce from Campania.

Linguine with Dungeness Crab in a Spicy Tomato Sauce

Linguine with Dungeness Crab in a Spicy Tomato Sauce

Photo by Miles Grant I was in NYC when Dungeness crab season opened last week, and couldn’t get them out of my mind. The reports were that the harvest was bountiful and the crab were big and meaty. I couldn’t wait to get back home. 

San Marzano Sauce

San Marzano Sauce

A simple, light tomato sauce, made from the last of the fresh San Marzano tomatoes and fresh basil, served over choke the priest pasta.