Pasta Primavera

If standard boxed pasta is your go-to move for easy weeknight dinners, it’s time to take your game to the next level. Artisanal dried pastas are now common on grocery store shelves and are well worth the switch. Extruded through bronze dies, they have a rough, textured surface that helps sauces cling to the pasta. As an added bonus, the starches that are cast off into the salty pasta cooking water become the foundation for a number of elegant pan sauces.