This is a recipe I find myself returning to again and again when I am in need of a bowl of sustenance, and perhaps a quiet moment to stand at the kitchen sink rinsing leeks. Short pasta shapes work splendidly in this recipe, but I'm yet to find a sauce I do not enjoy eating tangled amongst a pile of …
Diane Labombarbe via Getty Images It’s hard to think of a more classic example of comfort food than macaroni and cheese. Elbow macaroni “has the ability to both soak up some of the mac and cheese’s custard or sauce while still providing some good texture,” she said. Chef Liv Vasquez also likes fusilli’s “crevices,” which allow the sauce “to get …
Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I never dreamed I’d write a book about pasta, because, I mean, that would …
There are at least 350 shapes of pasta you can buy. While it may seem like fighting words to an Italian, the first pasta that modern eaters would recognize probably came from China and could have been made out of a variety of starchy foods besides wheat, including rice, mung beans, tapioca and sweet potatoes. Triticum, or durum, wheat needed …
Several years ago, Dan Pashman, the host of the James Beard and Webby Award-winning "Sporkful" podcast, decided to make a new pasta shape. Through the series, Pashman takes a trip to the Pasta Lab at North Dakota State University; has a number of heated debates with food professionals, including "The Splendid Table's" Francis Lam, about existing pasta shapes; and has …
