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Saffron brings a golden hue to this fresh combination of zucchini and pasta

This pasta dish, a riff on an offering served at Trattoria Bertozzi in Bologna, Italy, is a golden, fresh combination of guanciale (cured pork cheek), fragrant saffron, summery zucchini and short, curly pasta. In this recipe from our cookbook “ Milk Street Backroads Italy,” we opted for ...

This steak salad is a trattoria staple and the perfect summer lunch

By CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Straccetti di manzo, which translates roughly from the Italian to "little rags of beef," is a trattoria staple. The cooking is minimal and quick, making this ideal for a weeknight dinner, but the beef must be thinly sliced. In ...

Tangy cherry preserves bring balance to this ancient ricotta tart

By CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL Christopher Kimball's Milk Street At Armando al Pantheon, a trattoria in Rome, meals often are punctuated with a slice of torta antica roma— a rustic tart inspired by the traditional Roman combination of ricotta and cherries. It's exceptionally light, with ...

How freezers became the new pantry for time-starved cooks

Shruthi Baskaran-Makanju Associated Press Freezer sales are expected to hit $900 million this year, despite prices getting progressively cheaper. As life gets busier, prices stay high and dinner needs to happen fast, today's savvy home cooks treat freezers less like a last resort and more ...

Can cottage cheese really do all that? Inside the viral dairy craze

By The Associated Press Cottage cheese is having a major moment. TikTok boasts more than 76,000 posts with #cottagecheese, one-third popped up just this year. Somehow, this lumpy, creamy curd has become Gen Z's favorite kitchen hack, and it's not just for bodybuilders anymore. There was a time when cottage cheese was relegated to diet culture's greatest hits list, usually right next to canned peaches or dry toast. But scroll through TikTok or Instagram this year and you're bound to see it whipped, blended, baked or folded into everything from breakfast scrambles to high-protein ...