This dish is more than comfort food to me. It’s like coming home, ringing of the flavors and aromas of my grandmother’s kitchen where she served up bowls of egg noodles with butter, braised cabbage, soups wafting with dill, and a dollop of sour cream on just about anything. She branched out often with dishes […]

When the plate of pasta landed at the table, it was so plain that if I were anywhere else, I would have been skeptical if not outright disappointed. But I was in Florence, having my first meal of my first trip to Italy, so I never strayed from optimism. Even now, months later, when I […]