Pasta alla Puttanesca

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Originally uploaded by Ricestein

Lee and I have discovered pasta puttanesca at home. Here's the recipe: saute some garlic in a bit of olive oil until soft. Stir in minced anchovies (I just used one) and a pinch of red chili flakes. Add canned tomatoes along with some chopped olives (we used kalamatas) and capers. We ate ours over linguine.

Spaghetti Alla Carbonara

Was this the simplest, most toothsome weeknight supper we've ever prepared? Quite possibly.

You can read the Saveur recipe from which this was taken here. We swapped the pancetta for bacon and used whole-wheat pasta. We had pasta leftover and found it much less tasty the second time around; I don't think it reheats well. Next time, we'll invite a couple friends over and polish it in one fell swoop.