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Slattern’s Spaghetti

Nigella Lawson posted her take on the classic pasta putanesca (whore’s pasta), which she renamed Slattern’s Spaghetti; more or less a literal translation. The thing is… Nigella kept the anchovies and, yeh, I know they are supposed to dissolve in … Continue reading

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One(!) Pot Spaghetti and Sauce

For reals! Home made, creamy tomato sauce with spicy sausage (or ground beef, turkey, or pork, your choice) and spaghetti; all cooked in ONE (large) pot on top of the stove; and the only draining involved is disposing of the … Continue reading

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Spaghetti Lasagna

At first glance, long time readers of this here food blog thing-y are gonna be saying: “Wait! Isn’t that Johnny Mazetti Spaghetti? What’s it doing here on a Monday? Parfait! posts are on Fridays!” But, no. This is not, in … Continue reading

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Parfait! Johnny Mazetti Spaghetti

There are a couple of ways to make this very tasty casserole that was wicked popular back in the day around about the Panama Canal Zone; quick, pretty easy, and tasty: cook some pasta, top it with jarred sauce and … Continue reading

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Shrimp Fra Diavolo

Here’s a zippy tomato sauce made from scratch (well, made from a good can of whole tomatoes) in under an hour. Don’t care for shrimp? No worries! Use clams, or replace seafood entirely with cooked and crumbled Italian sausage, or, … Continue reading

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Cincinnati Style, Five Ways

1) Chili, of course. 2) Over spaghetti. 3) With black beans. 4) Chopped onion. 5) And shredded cheese on top. I changed a few things about one of Rich’s favorite fast-food treats, but it still tastes darned good, and, I … Continue reading

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Parfait! Johnny Mazetti Spaghetti

We’ve been weaning ourselves off dairy because Rich seems to do much better without. A schmear of cream  cheese on a bagel, or a bit of butter in a baked good seems to be ok – but his days of … Continue reading

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Johnny Mazetti Spaghetti

You never know what you’ll end up learning once you start searching on da Google… I came across a recipe for ‘Johnny Mazetti Spaghetti’ in one of my old cookbooks, and was immediately struck by the similarity to my Aunt … Continue reading

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Spaghetti Stuffed Peppers

I came across a vintage A&P advertisement offering “a treat to eat” that served 6 for 40¢ – green peppers stuffed with a can of spaghetti, then baked and garnished with sliced green olives and cunning little radish roses. Yeccch. … Continue reading

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Spaghetti Salad With Cold Sauce

I’ll admit it. I TOTALLY misread the title – and so, the intent – of this recipe. I THOUGHT this recipe was gonna be for a cool (not to say, chilled) summer spaghetti salad. What it actually WAS, was a … Continue reading

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