2020-02-01 Rachael Ray Every Day

LETTER FROM RACH

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hat can I say about pasta? Volumes!

It’s my favorite five-letter word. What

does pasta say to me? Comfort. And if

it’s long and you have a fork, give me

a twirl. Pasta can make a delighted child out

of a 100-year-old. Pasta makes us love one

another: For proof, look no further than Lady

and the Tramp. Pasta can also make us look hot:

Legend has it that Sophia Loren credited her

insane gorgeousness to spaghetti.

When it comes to writing recipes, I’m never as strict about directions

as when I’m working on a pasta dish. It’s so important to boil the

water, season it liberally with salt after it boils, undercook the pasta,

and marry the pasta with sauce. In most cases, I believe that cooking

shouldn’t include overbearing instructions or super-specific

measurements. (Thus, all those “turns of the pan” of oil and palmfuls

of spices. I want you to make recipes your own!) But with pasta,

I follow the rules. There may seem like a lot , but they’re all easy

to follow and worth it. Your reward is better than a cherry on any

sundae

What does

pasta say to me?

Comfort.

CHEESY ZITI

WITH

BROCCOLI

RABE

p. 77