unholy grail mac and cheese

The Unholy Trinity at last: creamy, saucy, and stretchy, all at once, using only the most basic of basic ingredients. Behold. Believe.

mac n cheeseA @ italian enoughMarch 13, 2023essential, winter Comments

no-cook heirloom tomato pasta with feta, basil, and smoked salt

One last light and bright pasta to beat back the end of summer dread.

meatless, pastaA @ italian enoughSeptember 19, 2022alfresco, summer, tuscan-umbrian, essentialComment

summertime scampi

While scampi is completely wonderful sautéed the traditional way, something about the grill flavor screams “summer is ending and I am not ready” that can only be consoled by a very lemony sauce and a glass of wine.

seafood, pastaA @ italian enoughAugust 23, 2022alfresco, essential, simple, coastal italian, summerComment

summer sungold pomodoro

You can’t stop time, but you can slow it down enough to not feel like you lost it.

pasta, saucesA @ italian enoughAugust 13, 2022essential, alfresco, originalsComment

spicy aglio e olio, aka post-vacation pantry pasta

Coming home from vacation sucks a lot less if you have pasta waiting for you.

meatless, pastaA @ italian enoughAugust 6, 2022traditional, simple, essentialComment

spatchcocked slow-grilled chicken with crispy skin

For some people it’s the summer of tinned fish. For me it’s the summer of spatchcock.

chicken, grilled, guidesA @ italian enoughJune 14, 2022alfresco, essential Comment

cacio e pepe for one

As close as I’ve been able to get to replicating the best cacio I’ve ever had, just for me.

pastaA @ italian enoughFebruary 15, 2022essential, meatless, roma-romagna Comments

minimalist broccoli shells n cheese

A one-pot, 20 minute path to the simplest and best homemade broccoli shells and cheese of your life. Velveeta who?

mac n cheese, pastaA @ italian enoughJanuary 9, 2022simple, essential, originals Comments

roasted mushroom lasagna marinara

The very best family-friendly celebration lasagna for when your family is part carnivore, part vegetarian, part Italian, and all about eating the same thing together.

pasta, meatlessA @ italian enoughDecember 26, 2021holiday, essential, italian-americanComment

wine-braised beef ragù

Some people make holiday cookies to get into the seasonal spirit. I make holiday ragù.

pasta, ragu, saucesA @ italian enoughDecember 11, 2021holiday, essential, roman-romagna Comment

long-distance Calabrian pork ragù

Featuring three kinds of pork—ground pork, pork shoulder, and pancetta—slow-braised for hours with wine, tomato, Calabrian chiles, and your best intentions.

pasta, sauces, instant pot, raguA @ italian enoughNovember 8, 2021essential, originals, southern italian Comments

perfect carbonara

The only carbonara technique you need to know: authentic, traditional, and idiot-proofed. Because if you're gonna be bad, then be bad the best.

pasta, saucesA @ italian enoughNovember 1, 2021traditional, essential, roman-romagna, starter pack Comments

enlightened spaghetti al limone

In which starchy water proves, yet again, to be the meditation app of pasta enlightemnemt.

pasta, saucesA @ italian enoughOctober 30, 2021enlightened, simple, southern italian, italian-american, essential, meatlessComment

italian wedding anniversary soup

Pretend you’re 8 years into the marriage of minestra maritata and you’ll see what this relationship is really made of.

soups & stewsA @ italian enoughOctober 4, 2021healthyish, roman-romagna, essential, traditionalComment

modernist mac n cheese, regular + cajun style

If you buy a bag of sodium citrate for one reason, this is The One.

mac n cheese, pasta, non-italianA @ italian enoughSeptember 18, 2021essential, americanComment

summer spaghettini

She is vibrance. She is acid. She is a white linen sundress with tomato lipstick. She can breathe fire, but she is a Chill Girl, you know? She is not asking for much, but that doesn’t mean she is not A Lot.

pastaA @ italian enoughJuly 14, 2021alfresco, originals, essential, summer, starter pack Comment

lemon parmesan soup with kale and white beans

First developed in 2014 as an unusual birthday dinner for my mom, the realization in this remake wasn’t how far time has taken us, but rather how nice it is that some things remain the “best of” just by resiliently staying the same.

soups & stewsA @ italian enoughMarch 16, 2021essential, healthyish, originals Comment