pasta
Authentic Genovese-Style Pesto
Pesto originated in the Liguria region of northwest Italy, which is home to what is called the Italian Riviera. To make authentic Genovese pesto (Genoa is Liguria’s capitol), you should…
Chicken Parmigiana
If you’re tired of Thanksgiving Day leftovers, try this: One of my all-time favorite comfort foods is chicken parmigiana. Here is an easy recipe for it. You could serve the…
BLT Bucatini
Here is an interesting and delicious version of a BLT, where pasta stands in for bread, pancetta replaces bacon and arugula fills in for lettuce. It’s a hearty dish. I…
Tortellini Alfredo
I love fettuccine Alfredo. Who doesn’t? But then, you could really use any type of pasta you like and pair it with creamy Alfredo sauce. I especially like to use…
Duck Confit Tagliatelle
There are few things I love more than duck confit. And, I also love pasta. So, I put the two together for this recipe: Tagliatelle with duck confit. It’s a…
Penne with White Sausage Sauce
Here is a quick and easy comfort food pasta dish which I modified a little from the original New York Times recipe by Mark Bittman. Here, pasta is coated in…
Pasta Aio e Oio with Shrimp
One of my favorite preparations for pasta – and one of the easiest – is aio e oio (also called aglio e olio). It’s a classic Roman dish usually made…
Sunday Gravy for Pasta, Rich Red Pasta Sauce Recipe
One of the great all-time comfort foods is Italian-America pasta with sauce known in many Italian (and other) families as Sunday Gravy. No two recipes are identical, and most make…
Quick and Easy Clam Sauce for Pasta Recipe
Here is an easy and inexpensive “larder” dish for nights when you don’t want to spend tons of time in the kitchen. It’s a quick and easy—and tasty—clam sauce for pasta made…
Easy Pasta Recipe : Aio E Oio (Garlic, Olive Oil, and Chili Flakes)
A quick and easy “sauce” of garlic (aio), olive oil (oio), and chili flakes is tossed with pasta and parsley – that’s pretty much it.
Scheff’s Table – Simple Meat Sauce for Pasta
Many authentic Bolognese-style Italian meat sauce recipes for pasta are cumbersome and time-consuming. The sauce often has to cook for the better part of a day, or even longer.
Scheff’s Table—Pasta Carbonara
If I had to choose my single favorite comfort food, it would probably be pasta carbonara. It’s a relatively simple dish.
Crawfish & Andouille Fettuccine
This recipe is a Cajun-Creole slant on popular fettuccine Alfredo, with the creaminess of a cheesy Alfredo sauce combined with andouille sausage and crawfish from Louisiana. Based on an original…
Scheff’s Table: Cacio e Pepe
Cacio e pepe is an extremely simple, rustic dish with very few ingredients, but one that is hard to get right. Pepe in Italian means “pepper,” and cacio is a…
Pasta with Basil Pesto Recipe
With fresh basil growing like crazy in our garden this summer, it’s hard to find ways to use it all. But here’s a really tasty (and easy) way to make…
Light Pasta with Shrimp and Arugula Recipe
At the original Michelangelo restaurant in SLC, they used to serve a pasta dish that was similar to this one and that I tried to recreate at home. This is…