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I Bought Olive Garden’s Pasta Pass—Here’s What It Was Like

The stakes were high. My adrenaline raced as I waited for the page to load....
olive garden fettuccine with shrimp
Healthy Eating

The Difference Between Italian and Asian Style Noodles

If you love noodles—whether that be twirling ramen around chopsticks or plunging a fork into...
tagliatelle pasta
Healthy Eating

The Secret Reason Why Different Shaped Pastas Taste Differently

Which pasta-style did you prefer when you were a cheesy, carb-craving kiddo: shells or elbows?...
The Secret Reason Why Different Shaped Pastas Taste Differently
Recipes

This Shrimp Scampi With Linguine Pasta Recipe Is Garlicky Perfection

I am a huge fan of garlic—which I will happily blame my Italian grandmother for....
Garlic shrimp scampi recipe with linguine on a marble counter with squeezed lemon
Healthy Eating

The Best-Ever Way to Keep Your Pasta from Sticking Together

There are lots of tricks for making pasta. But many theories about how to keep...
Penne pasta on white plate
Recipes

A Crock-Pot Italian Meatballs Recipe Perfect For a Crowd

Can you ever go wrong with a spaghetti and meatball dinner? If you’re looking for...
Crock pot Italian meatballs with spaghetti
Recipes

A Rich & Hearty Crock-Pot Beef Ragu Recipe

Sick of the usual meat sauce and meatballs on a weeknight? Take your Italian cooking...
Crock pot beef ragu recipe with pappardelle pasta and shaved parmesan
Healthy Eating

The Single Best Way to Reheat Pasta You’ve Never Tried

It’s the middle of the week, and you just made a delicious pasta dish—and plenty...
spaghetti dish
Healthy Eating

What Are Shirataki Noodles? Meet the Low-Calorie Pasta Your Diet Needs

If you’ve ever done a round of Whole30 or attempted to eat paleo or keto,...
shirataki noodles
Recipes

Quick One-Skillet Taco Pasta Recipe

Sure, traditional pasta is great. But have you tried taco pasta? This easy recipe takes...
one skillet taco pasta with spoon, cotija cheese, and sliced avocado
Recipes

An Easy Butternut Squash Pasta Salad Recipe

If you’re looking for easy, healthy recipes, but you’re tired of lettuce-based salads, this butternut...
Butternut squash pasta salad
Recipes

Crispy Crumb-Topped Mac and Cheese Cups

You may not believe us, but we did end up finding a way to eat...
Crispy crumb topped mac and cheese cups
Recipes

Healthier Mac and Cheese Recipe

Mac and cheese: the undisputed king of comfort food. Over the years, we’ve tested dozens...
Healthy mac and cheese
Recipes

Healthy Orecchiette With Broccoli Rabe Recipe

American chain restaurants are two-trick ponies when it comes to pasta. The first pasta they...
Healthy orecchiette broccoli rabe
Recipes

A Lean Spaghetti and Turkey Meatballs Recipe

Traditional meatballs are made with a mixture of beef, pork, and veal. Turkey, lean and...
healthy spaghetti meatballs
Recipes

A Low-Calorie Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe

Alfredo di Lelio invented this iconic dish at his trattoria in Rome in 1914. Back...
Healthy fettuccine alfredo
Recipes

Spicy Macaroni and Cheese With Jalapeños and Prosciutto Recipe

Ask Americans what they would eat for their last meal on earth, and most would...
Spicy Macaroni and Cheese With Jalapeños and Prosciutto Recipe
Recipes

Hearty Turkey Bolognese With Fettuccine Recipe

Before there was spaghetti and meatballs, before there was tomato sauce with ground beef and...
Low-calorie bolognese fettuccine turkey
Recipes

Mac and Cheese With Spinach, Ham, and Tomato Recipe

This isn’t your grandma’s mac and cheese! By introducing ham, spinach, and cherry tomatoes, we...
Healthy spinach ham mac and cheese
Recipes

Ricotta and Cottage Cheese-Stuffed Spinach-Artichoke Manicotti Recipe

There are a thousand ways to stuff a piece of pasta—from three-cheese ravioli to a...
Spinach-artichoke tomato sauce manicotti with spicy
Recipes

Low-Calorie Shrimp Fra Diavolo Recipe

Curiously enough, seafood-based pasta is usually the worst type of pasta on the menu. (Look...
Healthy shrimp fra diavolo
Recipes

The Best Classic Linguine With Clams Recipe

The inimitable combination of briny bivalve and slick noodle is one of our favorites in...
Paleo linguine with clams
Recipes

Loaded Alfredo Pasta With Chicken and Vegetables Recipe

Here’s how restaurants make Alfredo: cream, butter, and cheese. We ditched the cream and made...
Healthy loaded alfredo with chicken and veggies
Recipes

Vegetarian Butternut Squash Ravioli With Sage Brown Butter

It’s a sad state of affairs when a meat-free pasta can swallow up 95 percent...
Vegetarian butternut ravioli with sage and brown butter
Recipes

A Lighter Meatballs With Polenta Recipe

Spaghetti and meatballs are inevitably a high-calorie affair, but the meatballs aren’t the problem—it’s the...
Healthy meatballs polenta
Recipes

Asian-Inspired Sesame Noodles With Chicken Recipe

Italians might cringe in horror to hear it, but the noodle originally comes from Asia....
Healthy sesame noodles with chicken
Recipes

Hearty Italian Meatball Soup Recipe

Order a plate of spaghetti and meatballs in Italy and you’ll likely leave your waiter...
Paleo meatball soup
Recipes

A Hearty, Lower-Calorie Bolognese Sauce Recipe

Call it meat sauce, call it ragù, call it whatever you want, but there’s no...
Pasta bolognese recipe on fork
Recipes

A Buttery Red Pepper Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe

Fettuccine Alfredo, in its purest form, is nothing more than pasta, butter, and Parmesan cheese....
Healthy red pepper alfredo
Recipes

Homemade 3-Cheese Ravioli With Cherry Tomatoes Recipe

“Four cheese” anything in the food world doesn’t just mean four different types of cheese;...
Vegetarian 3 cheese ravioli with cherry tomatoes