Archive for the ‘pasta’ Category

A simplification of Arthur L. Schwartz’s magnificent Paccheri del Cardinale tomato sauce with lumaconi pasta.


As I said in my last post, I’ve been cooking from Anna Del Conte’s Portrait of Pasta, a nice book. I borrowed it years ago from the library, made the Horace pasta and another one, both were excellent, then returned the book and didn’t make the Horace pasta for a while. I didn’t know I […]


So tonight I’m setting up a beautiful chickpea and leek pasta soup based on a recipe I found in Anna Del Conte’s excellent book Portrait of pasta. This is a great cookbook because it has a section of historical recipes and they’ve all been great, and it’s fun to read about dishes that some historical […]


Now that you have a little equipment, you need some ingredients. One of the most reliable daily foods is spaghetti. Once you learn how to make it, you can always make it. You can have vegetables and meats in the sauce, its basically a 1-pot meal. Here’s 2 that are the height of simplicity, and […]