Category Archives: Sauces
no-cook pasta sauce with tuna and cherry tomatoes
This pasta is good for: when there is no time to make dinner but you still want real food the pantry is empty (or almost) it’s Monday you are on low cal before leaving for holidays returning from holidays unexpected … Continue reading
Filed under All Seasons, Dried Pasta, Fresh Pasta, Pasta, Recipes, Sauces
pasta for beginners
Pasta is such a convenient food and it’s made in a million ways all over the planet. Accordingly, it will taste everything from boring, to vibrant, from disgusting to heavenly. Don’t believe anybody who tells you they don’t like pasta. … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking Tips and Ingredients, Dried Pasta, Fresh Pasta, Recipes, Sauces, Video
pasta alla puttanesca
PUTTANESCA aka THE WHORE’S SAUCE. With a name like this you can only expect something spectacular. There are several metropolitan legends that try to explain the peculiar name. The one that makes more sense to me refers to prostitutes not … Continue reading
spaghetti con asparagi
SPAGHETTI WITH (WILD) ASPARAGUS Foraging is all the rage nowadays, but Italians have never stopped these sort of primitive habits. My father has never made a walk for the sake of it in his entire life. He actually drives to … Continue reading
Filed under Dried Pasta, Life in Umbria, Pasta, Recipes, Sauces, Spring
porcini mushrooms sauce with lots of red wine
SUGO AI PORCINI E VINO ROSSO There are days one simply has no time. Somewhat it gets late even to shop for food. And after so much hell, the saddest thing is to get a scrambled egg … Continue reading
Filed under Dried Pasta, Fall, Fresh Pasta, Pasta, Recipes, Sauces, Spring, Winter
