My family loves pasta throughout the year. During the summer we like to lighten it up a bit with non-cooked sauces, or a lighter version containing lots of fresh ingredients. Any occasion I have to ...

A Simple, Fresh, and Flavorful Pasta Dish When it comes to quick and comforting Italian dinners, this baked tortellini with ...

Hooray! Tomato season is finally here. In my house, we wait for this time of year with great anticipation. And from the moment the first perfectly ripe, juicy tomato lands on my kitchen counter, we ...

A soft, lush, cheeselike mascarpone adds a wonderful silkiness to this fast tomato-and-herb sauce. Grace Parisi a former senior test kitchen editor for Food & Wine, where she wrote several successful ...

These tried-and-true recipes use up a ton of tomatoes and yield something so delicious that it’s worth the energy you put ...

Tomatoes are now at their ripest and reddest, just right for a batch of fresh tomato sauce. Go ahead: Get to work. It doesn’t have to be a cellar full of sauce, with shelves and shelves of labeled ...

Heat olive oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Sear the chicken for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. (This will caramelize the outside of the ...

Whether you’re growing your own, buying them at a farmers market or finding the ones “locally grown” at your favorite grocery store, tomatoes are now at their ripest, which makes them just right for a ...

Cherry Tomato Sauce Dresses 1 pound of pasta Ingredients: 3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 1 shallot, small chop 1 small onion, ...

Make sure to keep basil in warm temperatures away from drafts or cold air. Ideally keep temperatures between 70ºF and 85ºF, ...

Tomatoes have a cycle in Chico — there’s the long winter of no tomatoes, the spring promise of tomato seedlings in their delightful variety, the long-awaited gleeful moment of the first ripe tomato, a ...

I felt like a frantic little squirrel as I scurried about the yard, snipping as many fresh herbs as I could. The nights had been getting cooler, and on this night, there was a frost advisory. The ...