How does your family enjoy an Italian meal at home?
Whether you are cooking sauce all day from scratch, opening your favorite jar of sauce and pasta or trying a new Italian recipe for something different, we’ve got ALL the ingredients to make it your own.
Pick your favorites and let’s get cooking!
Eggplant Parmesan Medallions
We’re excited to partner with Dom C Reviews, a rising 518 local influencer, for Italian Cooking Month this October.
Dom has built a strong connection with the Capital Region by putting his community first and sharing the local restaurants, businesses, food, and experiences that make the 518 special.
And when it comes to Italian food, Dom brings more than a love for it to the table. He actually learned to cook in Italy, giving him a firsthand appreciation for the food, traditions, and flavors behind the dishes we all know and love.
Throughout October, Dom will be teaming up with Market 32 and Price Chopper to bring Italian Cooking Month to life with videos, recipes, cooking inspiration, and plenty of Dom C content.
Follow along on our social channels throughout the month — there’s a lot more to come!
We’re excited to partner with Dom C Reviews, a rising 518 local influencer, for Italian Cooking Month this October.
Dom has built a strong connection with the Capital Region by putting his community first and sharing the local restaurants, businesses, food, and experiences that make the 518 special.
And when it comes to Italian food, Dom brings more than a love for it to the table. He actually learned to cook in Italy, giving him a firsthand appreciation for the food, traditions, and flavors behind the dishes we all know and love.
Throughout October, Dom will be teaming up with Market 32 and Price Chopper to bring Italian Cooking Month to life with videos, recipes, cooking inspiration, and plenty of Dom C content.
Follow along on our social channels throughout the month — there’s a lot more to come!
Which pasta for which recipe? Pasta comes in so many shapes – the number of possible pairings can almost seem endless. While there’s no “one right way,” here are some smart and savory suggestions for pairing pasta:
long, thin pasta – spaghetti, angel hair, capellini, vermicelli
Round strands coil sumptuously with smooth sauces – especially tomato with herbs that cling to the strands as it’s twirled around a fork. Elegant thin varieties complement brothy soups while thicker lengths partner well with heavier sauces.
long, flat pasta – linguine, fettuccine
Ribbon-like strands – from wide to narrow – were the first pasta shapes created
since they were easily cut by hand from flat sheets of pasta dough. This shape is very versatile and is suitable for a wide range of sauces from seafood, such as clam sauce, to hearty meat sauces like Bolognese and carbonara, as well as creamy sauces like Alfredo.
spiral or twist pasta – rotini, fusilli, cavatappi
Perfect for both simple and more refined sauces, these shapes are frequently used in pasta salads with oil-based dressing or pesto. Their crevices are ideal for collecting vegetables, herbs and spices.
fancy-shaped pasta – shells, farfalle (bowtie), campanelle
These open-fringed, elegant varieties are ideal for serving with dairy-based sauces like béchamel, chunky meat ragus or even tomato-cream sauces like vodka sauce.
hollow-center pasta – elbows, penne, rigatoni, mostaccioli
These thicker-shaped pastas pair well with full-flavored sauces. Served hot, their contours are made to hold hearty meat sauces and sauces with chunky ingredients like peas or capers. Ridges, known as rigate, and angular-cut ends offer intriguing texture when served cold in pasta salads.
miniature pasta – orzo, stelline, alphabets, acini di pepe
Delicate, compact shapes just right for scooping onto a spoon. These tiniest of shapes are used in soups and broth dishes.
stuffed pasta – manicotti, jumbo shells
Filled with cheese, spinach, vegetables or meat, large hollow pasta shapes partner well with tomato or cream sauce in baked casseroles.
