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Tasting the Trend: Can Hearts of Palm Noodles Replace Pasta?

If you're anything like me, pasta has always been a go-to comfort food, it's easy, satisfying, and endlessly customizable. But as much as I love a big bowl of penne, I don’t always love the calories ...

Lemon Fettuccine: A Taste of Spring

I love preparing homemade pasta because it’s a really fun activity with extremely delicious results. One of our most popular classes at The Chopping Block, and my favorite class to teach, is our ...

Turn Broccoli and Cheddar Soup into Cappellitti

One of my favorite aspects of cooking is taking my favorite foods and reformatting them into something else. Pasta is an especially great format for this, particularly stuffed pastas because you can ...

Bolognese Sauce: The Rich Ragu of Bologna

When people think of Italian pasta sauces, one of the most popular that comes to mind is Bolognese, a hearty meat sauce with roots in Bologna. However, bolognese (or ragù alla bolognese) is often ...

Caramelle: Simple but Stunning Stuffed Pasta

Making stuffed pastas can seem like a very daunting task for home cooks, but can be a great and impressive thing to show off to your family and friends. I want to take the fear of making these pastas ...

Sunday is for Braising

Braising and slow cooking are among my favorite cooking methods. These dishes are full of deep rich flavor, typically come together in one pot, and utilize an array of inexpensive cuts of meat. When ...

Go on a Culinary Journey for Pasta Perfection

When traveling to Italy, there is usually a list of foods people must eat while they are in the country known for its carbs: pasta, pizza, focaccia, and biscotti to name just a few. But rarely do ...

Don't Have a Pasta Machine? Make Chiusoni

Pasta Workshop is one of my favorite classes to teach at The Chopping Block. Students are always so engaged in the pasta making and want to continue on with it outside of the classroom. Since most ...

The Perfect Autumn Comfort: Butternut Squash Mac-n-Cheese

Last month, my husband and I dropped our daughter off for her first year of college at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. It’s been a great experience so far with all of the clubs and ...

Searching for Scallops

Just one of the perks of living in the Panhandle of Florida is the close proximity to bays where oysters and scallops are harvested. One of my favorite late summer activities is to go to Cape San ...

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Tasting the Trend: Can Hearts of Palm Noodles Replace Pasta?

Lemon Fettuccine: A Taste of Spring

Turn Broccoli and Cheddar Soup into Cappellitti

Bolognese Sauce: The Rich Ragu of Bologna

Caramelle: Simple but Stunning Stuffed Pasta

Sunday is for Braising

Go on a Culinary Journey for Pasta Perfection

Don't Have a Pasta Machine? Make Chiusoni

The Perfect Autumn Comfort: Butternut Squash Mac-n-Cheese

Searching for Scallops

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