Braised Broccoli Rabe with Orecchiette

Braised Broccoli Rabe with Orecchiette

This is another one of my old-standby favorite recipes which makes it into the rotation almost once a month during the cooler months.  It’s super easy and oh-so delicious…I consider it a slightly more upscale comfort food. Great for a cold or rainy night, the...
Homemade Pasta

Homemade Pasta

It’s been years since I’ve bought dried pasta.  That may sound impressive, but when you try to make it yourself once and see how easy and delicious it is I promise that you’ll be making your own pasta too.  The trick is that you need a pasta...
Mom’s Vegetarian Lasagna

Mom’s Vegetarian Lasagna

This is one of the first meals that Christian’s mom made that I absolutely fell in love with…so after watching her make it a couple of times I’ve created the recipe below.  It’s healthy in terms of being vegetarian, but it is heavy on the...
Homemade Pici

Homemade Pici

I learned how to make this super simple, rustic & traditional Italian pasta at one of the 18 Reasons Noodle Labs (see my post on the class here) that I attended in the Mission here in San Francisco.  If you’ve never attended an 18 Reasons class, I strongly...