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Cacio e Pepe with Black Truffle
Rome's most deceptively simple pasta — just cheese, pepper, and pasta water — elevated with black truffle.
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Italian cooking is built on restraint and quality. A handful of the right ingredients, treated with respect, is all it takes. From the hand-rolled pastas of Emilia-Romagna to the slow braises of Tuscany and the sun-drenched seafood of Sicily — we've gathered the classics, and a few surprises. Every recipe tested in a real home kitchen, every technique explained from the ground up.
Rome's most deceptively simple pasta — just cheese, pepper, and pasta water — elevated with black truffle.
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