Broccoli, garlic, anchovies make a weeknight pasta dream
I grew up as a latchkey kid in the ’90s, and my after-school routine consisted of my sister and I watching an episode…
Olive Garden now selling Chicken Parmigiana by the foot
At some point, you have to wonder, how much food is too much food? When you can feel your stomach expanding and your…
Kraft macaroni & cheese unicorns are real
Kraft, a time-tested brand with a ubiquitous little blue box, has long found ways to fold the world of pop-culture into…
You’ll owe everything to Sophia Loren’s lemon spaghetti
In Celebrity Recipes, we tackle a favorite recipe from a beloved star, past or present.
Mayor of Bologna: “Spaghetti Bolognese” isn’t actually a thing
Many Italian tourists flock to the city of Bologna to order authentic spaghetti bolognese. Only trouble is, according…
How I learned to make Sunday sauce from my huge Jersey family
I’m reaching way back to the earliest memories of my youth, to the first pasta accompaniment I ever knew and loved:…
Spaghetti pie is a genius recipe I learned from an idiot
I miss Paul Longobardi. He’s not dead, I just don’t know where he is. The last time I saw Paul he was dressed in full…
Let us convince you to make homemade pasta
Ten years ago nearly to the week, the woman who will become my wife and I became “official.” We had graduated from the…
How I learned to make ravioli in my tiny kitchen
My urban kitchen is a small one, so prime counter real estate is only for near-daily necessities like a toaster and a…
Cooking with canned crab taught me a nifty new pasta trick
One night, I was jonesing hard for any sort of seafood pasta. Clam linguine, shrimp fra diavolo, mentaiko spaghetti—if…
There’s only one requirement for authentic pasta all’Amatriciana
Next time you see pasta all’Amatriciana (more often than not, it’s bucatini all’Amatriciana) on a menu, don’t order it.…
Only a real jabroni would make baked ziti and not use ziti pasta
Thus begins my open letter to a disturbing number of pizza joints and red-sauce Italian-American restaurants: If your…
Thank you grandma for Sweet Spaghetti—a tasty alchemy of bacon, brown sugar, tomato soup
Grandma Shreibak may have taken her sweet time parting from this world—91 years to be exact—but she still managed to…
What do you eat and drink when you’re sick?
Now that it’s November, it’s fair to say that we’re officially in the season of fuzzy sweaters, novelty candy canes,…
Restaurant serves Elf spaghetti breakfast topped with maple syrup, marshmallows, Pop Tarts
It has been 15 years since Buddy The Elf smiled and twirled and sang his way to becoming a modern Christmas classic. In…
Orrin Hatch brought up Brett Kavanaugh’s ketchup-on-pasta habit in a Senate confirmation hearing
Today marks the second day of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his…
Gorge on fettuccini until you beg for sweet death with Olive Garden's year-long, unlimited Pasta Pass
You may think that pasta, like pizza or cheeseburgers, is one of those foods you could just never tire of. Want to test…
Let’s make Fettuccine Gwenfredo, the supremely easy alfredo sauce
In Hasty Gourmet, The Takeout writers offer reliable recipes that are dinner-party worthy with only a handful of…
Use up all your green veggie scraps to make magical Garbage Pesto
My backyard garden this year is… bountiful. Overflowing. Abundant. That’s putting it poetically, of course—what I…
How to master cacio e pepe, the deceptively difficult paragon of pasta
The first time I attempted to make cacio e pepe, I thought it had to be just about the easiest pasta dish to make,…