Some time ago I made a recipe featured in the August 2010 issue of La Cucina Italiana Magazine, for stuffed paccheri. At this point, I can barely remember the occasion, how involved the recipe was, or what I originally intended to write about it. It was so involved, that I decided to split the recipe into two posts. “How clever,” I thought....

I’ve lost my voice. I mean this both figuratively and quite literally. I’ve come down with a horrid summer cold. The weather seems to be commiserating with my stuffy head, deep cough, and raspy-barely-there-voice by supplying us with dreary June days. I’ve also seem to have lost my blogging voice. I hope that hot lemon-ginger tea will...