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Orecchiette with shrimp and asparagus (Mine and His)
It’s rare for me to make up a recipe as I go along, but I was feeling very secure ….in a culinary way and decided to go for it. I was looking at a handful of beautiful ingredients and decided I...
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Crispy Gnocchi with Burst Tomatoes and Mozzarella
by Ali Slagel “Cooking New York Times” Website As much as I love my cookbooks, sometimes I just don’t have the time to dawdle among the pages to find a recipe. I just can’t resist browsing through the...
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Broccoli Pasta
From Old World Italian by Mimi Thorisson I’m always thrilled to receive a cookbook (or any book for that matter) as a gift. It’s a gesture of endearment to me, as it lets me know that I am truly...
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Pasta with Cauliflower & Chick Peas
I think that you could make pasta every day for an entire year (my kind of heaven), and never need to duplicate a recipe. I really do. Right off the top of my head, I could name close to 100 dishes...
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Easy Crab Sauce Over Spaghetti
Before I even begin this blog post, I’m going to ask you to go to the archives and check out “Crab Sauce over Spaghetti.” That recipe is the real deal. However, it’s a lot more involved than this...
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Alberto’s Orecchiette and Brussels Sprouts
Whenever I think I have nothing in the house to cook for dinner, I call upon my husband to save the day. He always does! I found myself staring into the refrigerator one evening, hoping something...
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Lobster Fra Diavolo with Spaghetti
With the celebration of Labor Day over and done, I turn my sights to the Holidays. Well, not really, but they will be here before you know it. Don’t worry….I’m not going to start posting holiday...
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Cousin Richard’s Summer Pasta
Looking for that perfect, light, summer pasta dish for a warm, sunny Sunday? Well you can wish to be invited to dinner at my cousin Richard’s house, or you can make his recipe at your house. It’s...
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Pasta with Asparagus and Peas (Primavera)
Pasta Primavera can typically be made using all, or some, of Spring’s finest bounty. My favorite way, however, of making this dish is with asparagus and fresh spring peas. The simple flavors of...
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Orecchiette with Broccoli-Rabe & Sausage
In honor of my dad….a signature dish from his place of birth, the Puglia region of Italy. To be specific, he was born in Santeramo in Colle, Provincia di Bari, Puglia, Italy. Recipe: serves 4 1...
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My Hearty Pasta e Fagioli (Beans)
Looking for a hearty dish to make for dinner? If you live in the two thirds of our country that’s in a deep freeze right now, I’m quite sure you are! With these frigid temperatures and snowstorms that...
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Spaghetti all Gricia
If you love Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe and/or Pasta Carbonara, stand back! The best is yet to come. Spaghetti alla Gricia is a delicious variation of the two, and just as easy. While my mom often made a...
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Cacio e Pepe
Cacio e Pepe is a Roman pasta dish that boasts that it only uses 3 ingredients…cheese, pepper and pasta. When in Rome, this dish will be prepared tableside, in a giant wheel of pecorino cheese, indeed...
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Acini di Pepe (tiny pasta) with Eggs
After weeks and weeks of rich, high fat, sugary foods, my stomach called out to me for some simple, wholesome nourishment. After weeks of complicated “holiday” recipes that took hours to make, and...
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Fusilli with Collards (the forgotten pasta)
I recently was looking through my folder of pasta recipes that I’ve collected over the years, and I came across this beautifully handwritten recipe for fusilli with collard greens. As usual, the...
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Crab Sauce over Spaghetti
Some of my fondest food memories are from the Jersey Shore. “Down the shore” is where you’ll find some of the best fast food in our country. I’m sure you’re salivating right now just thinking about...
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Craig Claiborne’s Spaghetti with Peas
Since we have been on the topic of peas (last post), I have one more recipe for peas and pasta that I simply must share. I promise, after this one, I’ll stop with the peas. My mother ripped this...
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Pasta Asciutta
“Asciutta” means dry in Italian, and doesn’t usually refer for food, but when referring to pasta it means dry or without sauce. When I first heard about this pasta dish, I must say that I was very...
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Pasta con Amore (Pasta with Love)
I think of this recipe each year around Valentine’s Day. Some years I make it, and some years I don’t, but it always comes to mind. Sorry I didn’t post it for you before the holiday came and went, but...
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Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
I can’t believe that I have been blogging for three years now, and have not mentioned the recipe for spaghetti aglio e olio. It is a staple for Italian families. For such a simple dish, it has many...
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