After years of lugging a cliche around in the back of your mind, you wind up with a choice. You can accept the truth of it, and be no worse off. Or you can finagle a way to, ah, investigate. So do ...

Cover your ears, carb-watchers. Carolyn Clark of Houston wrote in looking for a ziti or mostaccioli recipe with "lots of ground beef and mozzarella cheese baked in a casserole." We want one, too. What ...

To prepare Neapolitan mostaccioli, start by pouring the flour, almond granules (1), and sugar (2) into a bowl. Then sift the unsweetened cocoa powder (3), the pisto (4), and the ammonium bicarbonate ...

To prepare the Calabrian mostaccioli, first sift the flour into a bowl (1), along with the yeast (2). In the center, add the egg yolks and part of the honey (3) then start whisking with a fork to ...

Bring a stockpot of salted water to a boil over medium-high heat; add pasta. Cook just until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain; toss with olive oil. Meanwhile, combine onions, pimientos, cucumbers, ...