Pasta Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in late October, and I had a very specific, almost embarrassing craving. I wanted mac and cheese—the … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from a guy named Leo who restored vintage furniture for a living, but there I was, standing in his dusty … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d known about it for weeks, but somehow it slipped my … Read more

It was a Tuesday, actually. I was at the farmer’s market, staring at a mountain of butternut squash like it was a puzzle I couldn’t … Read more

There used to be a tiny, unassuming pasta shop tucked between a laundromat and a vintage bookstore in my old neighborhood. It was called “Il … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, in his cluttered office during tax season, listening to him describe exactly how … Read more

My brother asked why I couldn’t just use canned pumpkin instead of roasting a whole sugar pumpkin for gnocchi. I started to explain why that … Read more

My neighbor, an older Italian woman named Rosa, watched me one afternoon from her porch as I tried to salvage a bag of cherry tomatoes … Read more

Introduction “Three summers ago, I popped into my neighbor Lisa’s place just to borrow her ladder, and before I even stepped fully inside, this rich, … Read more

Introduction The other evening, I was waiting for my car to get an oil change at this tiny, off-the-beaten-path garage when the mechanic’s assistant, a … Read more