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Cooking the polenta covered allows condensation to build up, eliminating the need for constant stirring.

This simple recipe for Fusilli With Peppers and Pancetta will quickly become a weeknight favorite.

Once it is cooked, the melon is mostly unrecognizable, and it’s fun seeing if people can guess what this pasta sauce’s secret ingredient is.

This is a very elegant sauce that is traditionally served with seafood-filled ravioli, but linguine with pink shrimp sauce is just as delicious.

Diced zucchini provide a surprisingly delicious variation of this classic Roman pasta sauce.

The sweetness of leeks and the savoriness of pork sausage make a wonderful combination in this pasta dish.

This quick and easy pasta recipe from Giuliano Hazan was inspired by tortelloni filling.

Dungeness crab is ideal, if you can get it, otherwise use any good, sweet-tasting, meaty crab in this crab linguine recipe from Giuliano Hazan.

This zesty pasta sauce has everything—tomatoes, peppers, green olives, capers, and a little pancetta. Serve with fusilli lunghi, the long spirals of pasta.

This pappardelle with sausage, peppers, and tomatoes recipe was one of my favorites as a teen.

These savory potato pancakes are fried in butter and oil for a crisp, golden brown crust. Serve with applesauce or sour cream at your next holiday gathering.

Gourmet’s best eggplant Parmesan recipe starts with a quick homemade marinara and uses panko breadcrumbs for a satisfying crunch.

The carrots melt into the broth of this comforting soup with meatballs.

A cousin of the Irish colcannon and English bubble and squeak, this mashed potato and cabbage dish is topped with cheese.

This dessert of puff pastry layers sandwiched with a thick cream filling is even richer than its French cousin, the Napoleon.

Make somlói galuska in advance: the chocolate-cream “dumplings" require at least eight hours to soak up the golden rum syrup.

Almonds keep this sandkage super moist, so it is great for a day after, especially dunked in coffee.