Pasta alla Norma in bianco—such a cool twist on the Sicilian favorite. I mean, traditional Sicilian eggplant pasta usually ...

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When you close your eyes and picture “Italian food,” what comes to mind? For most Americans, it’s a familiar, comforting ...

When regular pasta is boiled in salted water, the gluten inside of it maintains its structure, and the starch granules are ...

In a sauce pan, heat oil then add the onion, eggplant and chili pepper and cook until soft but not browned. Add the garlic and tomatoes and cook for 25 minutes at medium heat. Season with salt and ...

Once the sauce is done, simply toss it with the pasta, put it all in a baking dish, top with the remaining cheese, and let it ...

Effortless, speedy and creative, these pantry pastas turn weeknights into a party. By Melissa Clark Melissa Clark cooks midnight pasta about once a week — but never past 10 p.m. “Midnight pasta” has a ...

I love eating pasta for dinner year-round, but there’s no doubt that I crave it even more in the fall. As the weather crisps up, I yearn for its satisfying coziness, whether it’s doused in butternut ...

The weather is finally cooling, and the crispness is unmistakably in the air, signaling the start of our favorite season. For me, this means making my apartment smell irresistibly inviting. There are ...

When pairing pastas with sauces, it's important to think about how they'll play off each other. Here, the pesto coats the cavatappi nicely, and the pieces of broccoli get hooked in the twists of each ...

A journey across Sicily reveals the essence of an island shaped by outsiders, where successive waves of immigration over the ...

This spoonable pasta, the result of smart home cooking, is a dance of sorts between two pots: Fresh green beans boil with the pasta in one pot to season the water with their gentle vegetal umami, ...