What we cook with

The short list of tools behind the recipes on Pasta Nights. Nothing here is sponsored; each one is on the list because it gets used.

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Essentials

Pasta needs room to move. A crowded pot gives gummy noodles.

Lifts pasta straight into the sauce with some of the starchy water, which is how the sauce clings.

Wide enough to toss a pound of pasta with the sauce over the heat.

Parmesan grated fine melts into the sauce instead of clumping on top.

Not needed for any recipe here, but each one makes a job easier.

For the fresh pasta recipes. A hand crank model is all you need.

Faster than mincing when a sauce calls for four cloves.

Free download

15 pasta dinners from ingredients you already have, plus a printable pantry checklist.

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