Pasta Recipes

I burned the roux the first three times I tried to make butternut squash mac and cheese. Not a little brown around the edges—I mean … Read more

Third time this week I’d made roasted butternut squash mac and cheese, and this time I finally didn’t curse the cheese grater. The first attempt … Read more

Pan sizzling with butter and I’m staring at a sad, single sweet potato in the corner of my pantry. It was one of those evenings … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that creamy chicken pasta dishes weren’t going to taste anything like the ones I’d tried in those little Italian … Read more

That faint crackle of butter hitting a hot pan — rich and warm, with a whisper of earthy sage — pulls me back to a … Read more

Scrambling around the kitchen, juggling a crying toddler and a ringing phone, I realized the pesto jar I planned to toss into dinner was nowhere … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that quick pasta dinners weren’t going to taste like something special—just a rushed meal, nothing to write home about. … Read more

Introduction Glossy, blistered cherry tomatoes nestled in a tangled bed of spaghetti, crowned with a pillowy mound of creamy burrata — and that’s the whole … Read more

Introduction “You can’t just toss garlic scapes into a blender and call it pesto,” my neighbor joked the first time I tried making this recipe. … Read more

“Wait, did you just brown the butter *and* toss in toasted walnuts?” my friend asked, eyebrows raised as I stirred the glossy sauce in my … Read more