For many people, pasta with vodka sauce fits the bill for a warm, comforting meal. A decadently creamy and flavorful tomato sauce, enriched with vodka, silkily envelops each toothsome bite of pasta.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If your homemade penne alla vodka recipe is known around town as the best in the biz, using the jarred stuff might make you feel like a bit of ...

As for other ingredients that really don't "need" to be there, take red velvet cake for example: it doesn't need to be red, but without all that food coloring, would it feel just as delightful?

Pasta night is a sacred tradition in our house. From a hearty Bolognese to fresh pesto or creamy fettuccine Alfredo, pasta has always been a meal my family can rally around. That said, I’m always ...

I've been cooking my way through Ina Garten's pasta recipes, whipping up a dozen from her 13 cookbooks. I like to try a new one every month or so, and as I searched for a comforting winter dish, I ...

I woke up with an intense craving for vodka pasta. Not just any version, though. I needed the best. Carbone, the legendary ...

One recipe to take advantage of an apple bounty is flaky strudel. Caroline Barrett recommends tube-shaped pasta to accompany her roasted red pepper vodka sauce. Caroline Barrett serving a portion of ...

"Pasta is always the same, yet always different," James Beard once famously said. "It has a comforting familiarity with its pale golden color and chewy, wheaten taste." And while comforting ...

This simple swap elevates the classic dish. I have always been a pasta person. The shapes, the sauces—I'm down for all of it. However, I can’t say the same for gin. My first taste of the spirit back ...