27954 Pancetta and Pea Fusilli 10-15 minutes Serves 2 Mon Nov 16 15:36:29 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 15:43:59 -0800 2009 Easy Italian User http://www.chow.com/recipes/27954 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:43:59 GMT Delicious, quick and easy—a perfect midweek dinner. This recipe serves 2, but it can easily be doubled or tripled etc for more people. The ingredient amounts are quite a rough guide, this is very much a throw it all in recipe, so experiment with however much you want of each ingredient.

]]> wowetflutter 84 Pasta/Noodles 27678 Maryland Style Mac ’n’ Cheese Yields 8-10 entree-sized servings Sun Sep 20 00:45:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 09:39:40 -0700 2009 American Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/27678 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:39:40 GMT Third-place winner in the 2009 SF Mac Battle Royale with Cheese Third-place winner in SF Food Wars' 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. This recipe by Team Rachael RayGuns took Third Place at SF Food Wars’ 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. Congratulations! Also included: a bonus recipe for the spicy Bloody Mary served alongside.

]]> Rachael RayGuns 84 Pasta/Noodles 27746 Baked Macaroni and Cheese Serves 6 Wed Sep 16 12:24:03 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 12:24:03 -0700 2009 Easy User http://www.chow.com/recipes/27746 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:24:03 GMT One of my favorite flavorful comfort dishes. Located at thedabble.com

]]> aemley 84 Pasta/Noodles 27682 Vadouvan Mac ’n’ Cheese Serves 12 Mon Sep 14 00:25:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 11:44:00 -0700 2009 American Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/27682 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:44:00 GMT A crowd favorite at the 2009 SF Mac Battle Royale with Cheese A crowd favorite at SF Food Wars' 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. This recipe by Team Jane Spice (a.k.a. Ursula Ayrout and Leila Nuri) was a crowd favorite at SF Food Wars’ 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. Congratulations!

Vadouvan is an incredibly fragrant Indian spice blend. Vadouvan elevates everyday dishes and adds indescribable flavor.

What I love most about this recipe, is how we combined a staple dish like mac and cheese with an exotic and unknown spice blend. East meets West. And, even though most people wouldn’t know vadouvan by name, the dish had universal appeal at the mac and cheese competition.

]]> Ursula Ayrout and Leila Nuri 84 Pasta/Noodles 27718 Lasagna with Eggplant and Chard 60 minutes 60 mintues Mon Sep 07 16:36:09 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 16:36:09 -0700 2009 Medium Italian User http://www.chow.com/recipes/27718 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:36:09 GMT From “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone” by Deborah Madison Over the years I’ve discovered that when eggplant and chard are combined, they produce an unsuspected depth of flavor. Lasagna expert Clifford Wright inspired the use of this due in lasagna. This filling is excellent in cannelloni and crepes too.

]]> ryandwayne 84 Pasta/Noodles 27709 Fettuccine with Guinea Fowl and Porcini Ragù approx. 90 minutes 45 minutes serves 2-3 Fri Sep 04 14:40:16 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 14:41:07 -0700 2009 Easy Italian User http://www.chow.com/recipes/27709 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:41:07 GMT I had some leftover guinea fowl in the fridge and I thought I’d use it to make a ragu with some dried porcini that has been sitting in the pantry. The guinea fowl, being quite similar to rabbit, worked really well in the ragù. The meltingly tender meat, together with the porcini made a wonderfully flavoured, satisfying meal. It was pretty simple to make as well, just a bit of chopping and waiting for all the flavours to slowly come together over a low fire. If you can’t find guinea fowl, you can substitute with rabbit or pheasant.

]]> gourmet traveller 84 Pasta/Noodles 27702 Basil Parmesan Chicken with Farafelle 30 minutes 30 minutes 4-5 servings Tue Sep 01 11:23:28 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 11:24:24 -0700 2009 Easy American User http://www.chow.com/recipes/27702 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:24:24 GMT This is a wonderfully refreshing dish with a touch of spice, rounded off by the smooth, tender pan fried chicken pieces.

]]> hudsong 84 Pasta/Noodles 27698 Heirloom Tomato–Basil Pasta with Olives and Feta 20 mins, plus marinating time 20 mins 4 to 6 servings Tue Sep 01 06:50:32 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 06:50:32 -0700 2009 Easy Italian Hack http://www.chow.com/recipes/27698 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:50:32 GMT This dish epitomizes the laziness of summer: It’s as simple as folding a handful of fresh ingredients into cooked pasta. Use the ripest tomatoes you can find and you’ll be rewarded with a flavorful sauce that gives cooked tomato sauce a run for its money.

What to buy: Heirloom tomatoes make this dish extra tasty, but it can also be made with ripe grape tomatoes.

Orecchiette are an ideal match for this dish because they hold the sauce perfectly. If you can’t find them, use penne rigate, farfalle, campanelle, gigli, or gemelli.

Game plan: The tomatoes get tastier the longer they sit, so if you have time, you can complete step 1 up to 3 hours before serving. If not, the dish will still be delicious, but you’ll probably need a little pasta cooking water to help things along. And remember not to refrigerate the tomatoes, which will degrade their flavor and texture.

This recipe was featured as part of our Cooking with Summer Ingredients story, as well as our Easy Weeknight Dinners and Tomatoes! photo galleries.

]]> Saguaro 84 Pasta/Noodles 27681 Miss Erin’s Deeply Southern Mac ’n’ Cheese Thu Aug 27 12:18:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 12:24:31 -0700 2009 American Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/27681 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:24:31 GMT A crowd favorite at the 2009 SF Mac Battle Royale with Cheese A crowd favorite at SF Food Wars' 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. This recipe by the All Y’all’s (a.k.a. Miss Erin Martin) was a crowd favorite at SF Food Wars’ 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. Congratulations!

]]> Erin Martin 84 Pasta/Noodles 27680 Makeout Mac Serves 10 Thu Aug 27 12:07:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 12:18:10 -0700 2009 American Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/27680 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:18:10 GMT A crowd favorite at the 2009 SF Mac Battle Royale with Cheese A crowd favorite at SF Food Wars' 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. This recipe by the Modern Halitosis Lovers was a crowd favorite at SF Food Wars’ 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. Congratulations!

]]> Modern Halitosis Lovers 84 Pasta/Noodles 27679 Milo’s Macaroni and Cheese Thu Aug 27 12:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 12:06:50 -0700 2009 American Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/27679 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:06:50 GMT Awarded Most Photogenic at the 2009 SF Mac Battle Royale with Cheese Awarded Most Photogenic at SF Food Wars' 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. This recipe by Annie Tomlin of Team Fromage was awarded Most Photogenic at SF Food Wars’ 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. Congratulations!

]]> Annie Tomlin 84 Pasta/Noodles 27677 Who Cares Vegan Mac and Cheese Serves six Thu Aug 27 11:17:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 11:44:12 -0700 2009 American Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/27677 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:44:12 GMT Second-place winner in the 2009 SF Mac Battle Royale with Cheese Second-place winner in SF Food Wars' 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. This recipe by Team Fat Bottom Girls took Second Place at SF Food Wars’ 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. Congratulations!

This rich mac and cheese is great with steamed broccoli or some bbq tofu and dark sautéed greens.

]]> Fat Bottom Girls 84 Pasta/Noodles 27675 Mac & Cheese Pies Makes 12-18 cupcake-sized pies Thu Aug 27 10:22:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 11:30:44 -0700 2009 American Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/27675 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:30:44 GMT Winner of the 2009 SF Mac Battle Royale with Cheese Winner of SF Food Wars' 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. This recipe by Team KKR and Bike Basket Pies (a.k.a. Katherine Robinson and Natalie Galatzer) took both First Place and the People’s Choice award at SF Food Wars’ 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. Congratulations!

Note: Timing is key here. The cheese sauce takes the most time & attention—when we were baking there were two of us so it was easier to pre-bake the pie crusts, cook the veggies and macaroni while the cheese sauce was being prepared. If you’re cooking alone, we’d recommend doing all the prep work first (washing/chopping spinach and mushrooms, crumbling/shredding cheese, chopping walnuts), cooking the veggies then the cheese sauce then the macaroni. The macaroni can dry out if it cools and sits out too long before it is added to the cheese sauce.

]]> Natalie Galatzer and Katherine Robinson 84 Pasta/Noodles 27670 Scialatielli Gambine & Zuccheri 25 minutes Wed Aug 26 08:59:21 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 08:59:21 -0700 2009 Medium Italian User http://www.chow.com/recipes/27670 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:59:21 GMT Scialatielli is a homemade pasta typical of my beloved Penisola Sorrentina (Italy). As back-up solution you can use “fusilli lunghi” or, if you prefer short pasta, “paccheri”. I cooked it the first time when an American woman was my guest and she told me how interesting could be to cook zucchine and shrimps all together. Both, shrimps and zucchine have to be fresh; not frozen, I mean.

]]> vidanto 84 Pasta/Noodles 27648 Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese 15 mins 10 mins 6 to 8 servings Thu Aug 20 15:32:38 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 15:32:38 -0700 2009 Easy American Hack http://www.chow.com/recipes/27648 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:32:38 GMT The addition of Dijon mustard takes this supreme comfort dish into another realm. Plus, this version ditches any roux-based sauces or baking and instead gets whipped up on the stovetop in mere minutes.

Game plan: If the mac ’n’ cheese is on the runny side, let it sit on the stove for a minute or two before serving to finish absorbing the half-and-half.

This recipe was featured as part of our DIY TV Dinners story.

]]> jteixeira 84 Pasta/Noodles 27645 MACARONI AND TOMATO JUICE 20-30 min. 20-30 min. 7+ Servings Wed Aug 19 07:25:23 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 07:25:23 -0700 2009 Easy American User http://www.chow.com/recipes/27645 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:25:23 GMT A mix of your favorite pasta, tomato juice, and cheese, this meal is something the whole family can enjoy!

]]> ara892 84 Pasta/Noodles 27487 Shrimp, Lemon, and Herb Kamut Spaghetti 15 mins 5 mins 4 servings Mon Jul 27 14:22:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 12:09:54 -0700 2009 Easy Cal-Med CHOW http://www.chow.com/recipes/27487 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:09:54 GMT With a kick of heat With a kick of heat from some red pepper flakes. This recipe may be basic, but it’s loaded with flavor. You could make it more substantial by stirring in a hit of cream at the end. Serve it with a seasonal salad.

What to buy: Kamut pasta is becoming increasingly popular and can be found in the pasta aisle of health food stores and gourmet groceries.

]]> http://www.chow.com/assets/2009/08/27487_kamut_spaghetti_shrimp105.jpg Kate Ramos 84 Pasta/Noodles 11005 Linguine with Clams and Zucchini (Linguine con Vongole e Zucchini) 4 first-course or lunch servings Fri Jul 17 09:39:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 10:08:30 -0700 2009 Italian Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/11005 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:08:30 GMT A popular and classic primo of the Amalfi Coast A popular and classic primo of the Amalfi Coast, this dish can be found on menus throughout the region in countless different versions. A popular and classic primo of the Amalfi Coast, this dish can be found on menus throughout the region in countless different versions. This recipe is an adaptation from Ristorante Lo Scoglio in Marina del Cantone. One of the waiters gave me the method after our epic lunch for la Signora’s birthday. Small world. I knew him from when I worked at Don Alfonso. He grew up with Alfonso. This camaraderie led to the secret in the recipe to be revealed—the seemingly overcooked zucchini in the method is interesting and makes for very flavorful oil in which to cook the clams.

]]> David Shalleck 84 Pasta/Noodles 11006 Spaghettini with San Marzano Red Clam Sauce (Spaghettini con Vongole in Sugo Rosso) 4 first-course or lunch servings Mon Jul 13 11:54:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 13:14:31 -0700 2009 Italian Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/11006 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:14:31 GMT Everyone should have a recipe for red clam sauce Everyone should have a red clam sauce in his or her repertoire. Everyone should have a red clam sauce in his or her repertoire. This one is particularly good for smaller clams like little necks, or clams sold as vongole. If you make this a couple of hours ahead of serving, the sauce will take on a nice hint of clam flavor with the other aromatics. Except for the clams and the basil, all of the other ingredients come out of the pantry, making this an excellent recipe for getting on the express line at the store. With a few other things to round out the meal, you’ll still be buying fewer than 10 items.

Game plan: The sauce can be made up to 2 hours before serving, when the clams are added back in.

]]> David Shalleck 84 Pasta/Noodles 13002 Crispy Rice Noodles with Mixed Meats in Spicy Sweet-and-Sour Sauce Serves 8 Thu Jul 09 12:16:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 13:20:04 -0700 2009 Thai Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/13002 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:20:04 GMT Fried noodles are Chinese in origin. Thai cooks have transformed this dish by using a combination of seafood, meat, and poultry in a spicy sweet-and-sour sauce. The sauce should taste sweet, sour, and then salty, in that order. Care should be taken when frying the noodles to ensure that they puff up properly. They should be mixed with the sauce very gently to prevent the noodles from breaking up. Since the noodles begin to lose their crispness as soon as they are combined with the sauce, restaurants usually precook the noodles and hold them in a very low oven, then toss the noodles with the prepared sauce just before service. This dish provides balance to spicy curries, and the two are often served together during Thai meals.

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