Pasta & Other Noodles

My favorite section.

Pasta e Ceci Salad

Olives and parsley are great here, but in the spirit of this sort of fridge-clean-out, do-less-with-more, accidentally fabulous recipe, I kept them optional.

Pasta e Ceci Salad

doing more with less

Cold Soba with Cucumbers, Watercress, and Sesame

Yuzu kosho is one of those specialty ingredients that you’ll likely have to order on the Internet, but it’s worth the Google search, trust me.

Baked Pasta with Artichokes, Greens, and Too Much Cheese

Oh, and yes: This is spinach artichoke dip in pasta form. You’re welcome.

Pasta with Crispy Squid, Lemon, and Chile

The liquid will evaporate and the squid will brown, and there will be dark, crispy bits on the bottom of the skillet.

Roasted Tomato and Anchovy Bucatini

When I’m blessed with an abundance of tomatoes in the summer, I like to make this sauce and freeze it so that I can eat this pasta in the coldest months, when I want it the most.

Whole-Wheat Pasta with Brown-Buttered Mushrooms, Buckwheat, and Egg Yolk

Do you know how many mushroom varieties there are? About four million. Even if that’s not true (it’s not), I feel like I’m always discovering a new type that makes me glad it’s socially acceptable to eat fungus.

Clam Pasta with Chorizo and Walnuts

Even at the most suspect red-sauce Italian restaurant, I’ll always order the linguine alle vongole, because like pizza, even at its worst, linguine with clams is still pretty great.

A Very Easy Macaroni and Cheese

You can make this more interesting any number of ways, but I also think it’s fine to let this be what it is: a really, extremely, very simple and easy way to make a classic macaroni and cheese that tastes very close to the box, as fast as possible.

Osso Buco Ragu

More than a tomato sauce with meat, this is a ragu that’s truly about the meat–braised low and slow, with white wine, onion, garlic and tomato paste. This is something you don’t have to pay attention to, good for days when you feel like doing something, but don’t feel like doing that much.

Tomato Pasta with Eggplant and Sausage (on the side)

Decidedly a tomato pasta with eggplant and not an eggplant pasta

Spring Pasta with Peppered Peas

The goal is a sort of spring-y Alla Gricia (pork fat + lots of black pepper + spring vegetables), so this pasta is ideally made with guanciale, green garlic, pea shoots and fresh peas. But know that even if made with olive oil, regular garlic, arugula and frozen peas, it’ll still be so lovely.

Pasta & Other Noodles

Pasta e Ceci Salad

Pasta e Ceci Salad

Cold Soba with Cucumbers, Watercress, and Sesame

Baked Pasta with Artichokes, Greens, and Too Much Cheese

Pasta with Crispy Squid, Lemon, and Chile

Roasted Tomato and Anchovy Bucatini

Whole-Wheat Pasta with Brown-Buttered Mushrooms, Buckwheat, and Egg Yolk

Clam Pasta with Chorizo and Walnuts

A Very Easy Macaroni and Cheese

Osso Buco Ragu

Tomato Pasta with Eggplant and Sausage (on the side)

Spring Pasta with Peppered Peas

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