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Penne Pasta with Tuna

Pasta with Tuna and Sun Dried Tomatoes Recipe

A bowl full of strozzapreti with guanciale sauce.

Pasta with Spinach, Garlic, and Guanciale — What the Dish Is and Why Guanciale Matters

Spicy beef ragu served over wide ribbons of pappardelle pasta.

This Is How to Make Spicy Beef Ragu Sauce

Pasta Puttanesca Sauce

Spaghetti Puttanesca: A Classic Italian Pasta with Olives & Capers

Mini Pasta Bites

Easy Pasta Bites Recipe

Bowl of ricotta gnudi covered with creamy mushroom and walnut sauce, bite-sized sauteed mushrooms and toasted walnuts.

Ricotta Gnudi with Mushroom Walnut Sauce Recipe

Farfalle pasta with goat cheese sauce recipe

Farfalle With Goat Cheese Sauce Recipe

Vodka Sauce Recipe

The Best Vodka Sauce Recipe | Creamy, Quick & Versatile

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I’ve been cooking seriously since the mid-1980s — self-taught, a lot of trial and error, and genuinely interested in why things work in the kitchen. I started this site in 1997 because I couldn’t find cooking writing that explained the reasoning. Still at it.

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