Simply Delicious - Fettucine Primavera

Primavera is Italian for ‘spring style’. However, this lightly, creamy pasta is suitable for all season. Serves: 4 Time to prep:…

The Cake Mix Doctor Gets Unbelievably Gluten-Free in Her New Book

Bestselling author Anne Byrn, better known to the world as "The Cake Mix Doctor", has written a new gluten-free cookboo…

Easy Healthy Stuffed Tuna Shells

A great snack or appetiser to serve during parties and special occasions. Just be sure to buy water-packed tuna, not tuna packed …

Pizzoccheri: A Sublime Gluten Free Buckwheat Noodle Dish

I recently finished an intriguing novel about Amsterdam, the South Seas, bizarre sexual rites and sculpture, the operation of a r…

Presto Pasta Nights #244 Roundup

I had the distinct pleasure of serving as this week's guest host for Presto Pasta Nights , the weekly noodle celebration foun…

Pasta with Broccoli Rabe, Garlic Scapes and Anchovies

It's taken years, but I finally made an anchovy aficionado out of the old husband. Oh, I've tried before, with stealthy i…

Macaroni and Cheese--the Original Comfort food!

Recently my daughter's choral ensemble was hosting a lunch for the singers, and someone had requested a macaroni bar--a sort …

Alfredo Sauce

Here's a simple sauce that offers a whole lot of flavor. Be sure to use freshly-grated parmesan cheese, not the Kraft kind, b…

An Easter Lunch: Gruyere Fondue Salad

I was a bit dubious about this salad as I was preparing it. It wasn't that I haven't experienced and enjoyed warm-dressin…

Fettucine with Carmelized Onions and White Wine Sauce and A New Kitchen Tool

There are times when chaos rules all around me and I just don't care. Today was one of those days. We'd just returned fro…

Fresh Egg Pasta with Alfredo Sauce

Just as with the egg pasta, the alfredo sauce is beautiful because of the few ingredients it requires. Heavy cream, unsalted butt…

The Pasta Experience

As part of my current obsession of making my own pasta dishes, I recently acquired an Imperia pasta machine which arrived on Satu…

Pasta Success!

Today, we christened the pasta machine and turned out two pounds of eggs-ellent egg pasta, tagliatelle -style. We cooked it up wi…

It's here!

Finally, my pasta maker has arrived! Believe it or not, after all of this waiting, I'm now feeling intimidated by this hunk o…

In Today's Bookbag: Pasta Books

Now, let's veer back to my current obsession--pasta--just long enough to drool over these two books I brought home in today&#…

I'm the proud owner of an Imperia 150!

It was a close one, but I won the bid in the last six seconds. My husband and I danced around the room when I won. I'll be wa…

Pasta Maker Quest

After reading several books on pasta and doing some searching on the web, I determined that there are generally two hand-crank pa…

My Current Obsession: Pasta

My current obsession is fresh pasta. About six months ago, my sons made fresh egg pasta as a science project, and I was completel…