A good red sauce can turn even the simplest dishes into wonderfully satisfying eats simply because of the complexity that tomato brings. Just some boiled pasta or even some bread topped with it can ...

I love a good pasta dish. Pasta alla zozzona, meaty lasagna, and classic baked ziti are all welcome at my table just about any time. Many recipes for pasta sauce call for a few similar ingredients as ...

Fresh tomatoes next to a jar and bowl of tomato sauce - Burcu Atalay Tankut/Getty Images Whether you say "toe-may-toe" or "toe-mah-toe", they're both the same fruit that thinks it's a vegetable. But ...

This cheesy ground beef and apple pasta skillet is the perfect dish to warm you up after a long walk in the cold.

SEATTLE — Jarred pasta sauce is so popular most grocery stores feature shelves upon shelves offering a myriad of marinara. But how do you know which brand is best? That’s where the expert testers at ...

Whether you’re growing your own, buying them at a farmers market or finding the ones “locally grown” at your favorite grocery store, tomatoes are now at their ripest, which makes them just right for a ...

Zuppa forte, also known as zuppa di soffritto, is an old-school Neapolitan dish made by slow-cooking meats with garlic and other aromatics, along with tomatoes and preserved chilies, until reduced and ...

Anyone who has ever made a tomato-based pasta sauce has probably noticed the thick, dark red trail the sauce leaves behind on the walls of the pot as it is reduced. This sticky residue is (free! bonus ...

This recipe appeared in the Star Tribune’s Taste section in 2007 as part of Lynne Rossetto Kasper’s national newspaper column “Ask the Splendid Table,” a companion to her longtime radio show. In this ...