I never really knew how to make homemade pasta and in fact I'd always assumed you'd need a bunch of fancy equipment to do it. But it turns out that's not true at all. With a rolling pin and a lot of ...

When I first packed my bags and moved to Florence, Italy, five years ago, I came as a culinary student ready to learn just about everything in Italian cuisine, from tiramisu to tortellini. However, it ...

One of the tiniest kinds of pasta you’ll find at the supermarket is ancini de pepe. This itty bitty pastina gets its name from the Italian word for peppercorns, though this pasta is even tinier. Much ...

There is nothing better than an ooey gooey, cheesy homemade mac and cheese. Despite it being such a classic dish, especially in the United States, it’s actually a surprisingly easy dish to get wrong.

Looks aren’t the only thing that matters when picking pasta shapes. The shape you choose affects how sauces stick, how flavors develop, and even how the dish feels in your mouth. Most of the time, ...