Where did it go you ask? Not sure. Time was, pasta and I were in a very serious relationship, the kind where a day doesn't go by without a nice intimate rendezvous. But over the past many months, there just hasn't been a heck of a lot of pasta in my life.
So when I was stumped for dinner by a national stat holiday this week (no grocery stores open, nothing at the corner store, nothing much in the pantry) I fell back on my old friend, Basic Tomato Sauce. The devil is (as always) in the details, but if you SLOWLY cook LOTS of SLICED garlic over LOW heat then add one tin of good Italian chopped tomatoes and cook it out for a while, then drizzle in a bit of cream and finish with a TON of Parmesan, well then Bob is your uncle.
Back in the groove, last night I was still without groceries, but there was a head of kale leftover from a photo shoot. Survey says? Fusilli with garlicky kale. Again, slowly cook LOTS of SLICED garlic in PLENTY of olive oil over LOW heat, add a spoonful of magic Oggi brand spicy anchovy-caper melange, cooked chopped kale, a GENEROUS SPOONFUL of salt, and finish with LOTS of Parmesan, and you'll just never go hungry again.
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