Baked Ziti (aka Ziti al Forno)
There has to be a million baked ziti recipes out there, so why do you need another one? Answer: too many recipes overcook the pasta! …
Porcini Mushroom Lasagna
This porcini mushroom lasagna is right up there among the most delicious things we’ve ever made. It combines two of our favorite umami-laden sauces: meaty …
Pasta Faella’s Lasagna Recipe
This recipe for Lasagna comes to us from Maria Cristina Faella. Her husband Sergio runs Pasta Faella in Gragnano, Campania. Filled with miniature meatballs, ricotta, …
Family Meal Spaghetti from “The Bear”
If you had any culinary takeaways from Hulu’s hit show “The Bear”, it’s that there’s no substituting the San Marzano tomatoes in “Family Meal Spaghetti”. …
The Original Zucchini Pasta: Spaghetti alla Nerano
Some form of zucchini pasta crops up in the gastronomic zeitgeist every few years. First we had the abominable “zoodle” craze, then Meghan Markle’s “zucchini …
Bucatini Really is the Perfect Pasta Shape
Bucatini really is the perfect pasta. Whimsically bouncy, wriggling about your plate as you twirl them into submission. Their long, hollow centers creating small explosions …
Nancy Harmon Jenkins’s at Pastificio Faella
Just back from her trip to the pasta producing center of the universe, Gragnano, Nancy Harmon Jenkins breaks down why Pasta Faella is the epitome …
After 500 Years Gragnano Pasta is Finally Protected!
Gragnano is celebrating! After battling against classic unyielding European bureaucracy, a handful of Napoli’s good pasta makers have finally won. Although IGP status was granted …