Risotto-style orzo — orzotto — has all the creaminess of risotto with none of the stirring marathon: the tiny pasta releases its starch into stock and wine in about fifteen minutes. Softened butter and Parmesan finish it into something silky. It's the weeknight...

Linguine con salsa cruda — linguine with raw tomato sauce — is the height of summer cooking: nothing is cooked except the pasta. Ripe tomatoes, garlic, basil, and olive oil sit and macerate while the water boils, then the hot pasta melts it all into a sauce. It's...

Herbed fresh pasta looks like something from a fancy shop and is really just egg pasta with a fistful of parsley, basil, or sage kneaded in. The green flecks perfume every strand, and it cooks in about four minutes. One quiet hour, and dinner looks expensive. There's...

Ready for a recipe that’s part pasta, part soup, and all comfort? Meet Garlicky Vermicelli, also known as Fideo! This incredible one-pot wonder is my go-to for a quick, soul-warming weeknight dinner. The magic happens when you toast the delicate pasta strands in...

Homemade vegetarian egg pasta, Emilia-Romagna style, is flour, eggs, and salt — and yet it tastes like restaurant luxury. Room-temperature eggs and a light hand with the flour give you sheets of silk that cook in three minutes. An hour of gentle work yields four...

Simple buttery noodles with scallions and paprika are what I cook when comfort needs to be fast — twenty-five minutes, a short ingredient list, one pan of alchemy. The butter browns lightly, the paprika blooms in it, and the scallions go in at the end. It's a...

Fast vegetarian and vegan tomato sauce is the twenty-minute recipe that ends the jarred-sauce debate — onion softened in olive oil, good tomatoes, and nothing to get in the way. Made with oil it's fully vegan; with butter it turns rounder and silkier. A handful...

There's something truly magical about making pasta from scratch. The process is meditative, and the result is a tender, flavorful pasta that store-bought versions simply can't match. Many believe fresh pasta requires eggs, but this recipe is here to prove them wrong!...

Homemade vegetarian dumpling wrappers take three ingredients and a little patience, and they outclass any store-bought packet — silky, chewy, and sturdy enough to hold a generous filling. Flour, salt, and cold water come together into a dough that rolls thin without...

Incredible crisp-fried noodle cake is the trick I pull out when noodles need to become an event — one giant disc, shatteringly crisp at the edges and tender in the middle. Soy and sesame season the noodles before they hit the pan, with scallions folded through. Cut it...

Creamy baked noodle casserole with eggplant is vegetarian pastitsio at its coziest — cinnamon-and-clove spiced eggplant in tomato under a blanket of cheese sauce. It's a Sunday dish that rewards the ninety minutes, feeding you tonight and reheating beautifully...