Shrimp Bucatini with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Pangritata

Shrimp Bucatini with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Pangritata

I actually created this shrimp bucatini recipe as a kitchen cleaner on the day before we were travelling. I collected what I had in the fridge and found some frozen shrimp, put it together with the idea of different textures. Bucatini is probably one of  Read More

Homemade Pasta Dough

Homemade Pasta Dough

I love fresh PASTA!!! Growing up in eastern NC I thought the only way to eat noodles was either in macaroni salad or spaghetti, never fresh. Sometimes my mother would get the big flat egg noodles and make beef stroganoff. This dish reminds me of  Read More

Mushroom Bolognese with Paccheri Pasta

Mushroom Bolognese with Paccheri Pasta

When I ate meat I loved a good Bolognese sauce and big slabs of pasta, which is what paccheri means. Paccheri is a tubular pasta like rigatoni, but bigger. It is usually smooth and the perfect vehicle for this fabulous vegetarian/vegan Bolognese. This is a  Read More

Homemade Fettucine with Mushrooms and Sundried Tomatoes

Homemade Fettucine with Mushrooms and Sundried Tomatoes

I love fresh PASTA!!! Growing up in eastern NC I thought the only way to eat noodles was either in macaroni salad or spaghetti, never fresh. Sometimes my mother would get the big flat egg noodles and make beef stroganoff. This dish reminds me of  Read More