pasta – She Cooks Up Nice

Tortellini with Mushroom Cream Sauce

The last time I saw my friend Annette from college we went to this great french cafe called Cafe Luluc. It’s close by in Cobble Hill and typically their brunch line on weekends is out the door. They had (have?) this killer dish with mushrooms and tortellini that I decided to try replicating since I…

Orecchiette with Sausage and Kale

I got this bad boy from Men’s Health. Yes, I know. I’m a woman. So?

The Best F%$&*n Lasagna

My lasagna never tasted as good as what you could get in a restaurant and often it was separatist (not politically: it didn’t meld together) and too wet. Normally when I cook I am all about creativity and playing with recipes. However, my husband asked if I would make a lasagna last night (we are…

Carbonara

I made this for my sweetie Friday night. He ran a Rock N’ Roll 10K (select 2012 and then type in his name to see pics) Saturday morning and requested this favorite in order to carb up. I used whole wheat spaghetti instead of linguine. I also chopped the Boar’s Head bacon before cooking it which…

Mama’s Mac

I’m sorry but Kraft just doesn’t cut it. This kind of dish makes you happy it’s raining or snowing and you are bundled up inside. Or maybe it’s just a random Sunday and you’re watching five episodes of the Sopranos. Whatever. This recipe is all about home. If you aren’t with your Mama this will…

Nectarine Wrapped in Prosciutto with Pasta

The weather is getting warmer and spring is officially here. 85 degrees in Boston in March is a cause for celebration. I made this once last summer and to me it is the perfect dish for warm weather. For some reason the nectarine with the salty prosciutto creates an amazing flavor, like an entirely different…

Myriad Pasta

With Christmas vacation travels and Nikki’s wedding fast approaching, it had been sometime since I cooked a good meal in my tiny apartment. However, hubby and I are back to the grind and I realized it was time to get my groove back too. My recent reads of Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma and Kristin Kimball’s…

Linguine Carbonara

When they weren’t glaring at me because of my scandalous underwear in the laundry room, the nuns in Rome would feed me this. I learned to do my laundry elsewhere, but oh boy this dish would bring me back to the dining room again and again.

Earthy and Wholesome Pasta

I know this title probably sounds strange, but it’s all I could think of for this creation I gave birth to last night (too much?). Two nights ago we had a pasta dish, and me being the waste-not want-not person that I am, I had leftover pasta that simply could not be trashed. Actually it…

Summer’s Cyclone Pasta

Before a horrendous food poisoning incident prior to a Bruce Springsteen concert, I used to occasionally frequent The Outback Steakhouse. They had this dish called Cyclone Pasta that was out of this world. It was probably my daily allotment of calories, but man, was that stuff good. In fact, the night I was horribly poisoned…

American Chop Suey

About a year ago I was talking about cooking with my dad, when he casually mentioned his favorite meal was American Chop Suey. This completely caught me by surprise for 2 reasons: a) we hardly ever had American Chop Suey growing up and b) my dad is Italian. As in, the birthplace of dishes like Chicken…

Eggplant and Tomato Ziti with Mozzarella and Mint Garnish

It doesn’t happen often, but this past weekend my sister and I had the opportunity to cook dinner together in my kitchen. She’s visiting home for the weekend, and acting as Matron of Honor extraordinaire for me. She suggested a recipe she’s previously posted on her Fusion. Here is what we whipped up together:

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