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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Quick and Easy Pasta Dishes after a Long Day

If you are anything like me, after I get home from a long day at work or school, I don’t want to do anything but lay down and sleep. I also want to have a good, rewarding meal after all the work I’ve ...

The History of Pasta and How to Cook It

As a professional chef, I have always been fascinated by the history and evolution of different culinary traditions. One such tradition that has captured my interest is the history of pasta. This ...

The Pastabilities of Pasta Shape Substitutions

Besides blogging, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to moderate some of our popular virtual cooking classes. If you haven’t taken one yet, they are a fun opportunity to cook together with one of our ...

Food Comics: Slow Cooker Bolognese

We are pleased to introduce Food Comics from The Chopping Block where our resident Cartoonist Tom O'Brien illustrates his cooking adventures. Here, he shows you how to make a Bolognese sauce in your ...

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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

Caramelle: Simple but Stunning Stuffed Pasta

Go on a Culinary Journey for Pasta Perfection

Don't Have a Pasta Machine? Make Chiusoni

Quick and Easy Pasta Dishes after a Long Day

The History of Pasta and How to Cook It

The Pastabilities of Pasta Shape Substitutions

Food Comics: Slow Cooker Bolognese

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