Pasta Cooking Guide: From Homemade Shells to Ravioli

Cooking the perfect pasta requires mastering techniques from boiling lasagna sheets to pan-frying pierogies. From making sea shell pasta from scratch to finding low-fat substitutes for Alfredo sauce, explore versatile pasta recipes.

What Goes Well With Cold Pasta?

Published Aug,17 2011 | By Maria Christensen

Cold pasta dishes are refreshing on warm days and attractive any time of year for the ease in serving. Making cold pasta and storing it in the refrigerator for serving whenever you're ready is convenient, particularly when you're busy.

Since 1997, Maria Christensen has written about business, history, food, culture and travel for diverse publications. She ran her own business writing employee handbooks and business process manuals for small businesses, authored a guidebook to Seattle, and works as an accountant for a software company. Christensen studied communications at the University of Washington and history at Armstrong Atlantic State University.