Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I love making Ina Garten's pasta dishes, so I had to try her penne alla vodka recipe. Garten roasts her pasta sauce in the oven, ...

Finally, add the pasta. Jeffers says the key to making perfect penne alla vodka is cooking the pasta until it's just al dente. "It's important to undercook the pasta because it will continue to cook ...

Penne Alla Vodka. How can a dish taste so good and be so easy to make? Nothing says comfort like pasta does. It’s a great dish that can be enjoyed in so many different ways. This penne alla vodka is ...

Pasta alla vodka, made specifically with penne pasta, became very popular in both Italy and the United States in the 1980s, ...

Well, it was all due to my having leftover vodka from making homemade vanilla that I decided to try Giovanna Trimpe’s recipe for pasta alla vodka. This from the new cookbook in her Holy Chow series of ...

In a sea of just OK penne alla vodka recipes, this one stands out for its intense flavor. Simply Recipes / Photo Illustration by Wanda Abraham / Alison Bickel / Getty Images Penne alla vodka is one of ...

Pasta alla vodka and risotto are two of my all-time favorite dishes (risotto is arguably my favorite breakfast, don’t ask!), so I’m honestly shocked it’s taken me so many years to combine them. My ...

As for other ingredients that really don't "need" to be there, take red velvet cake for example: it doesn't need to be red, but without all that food coloring, would it feel just as delightful?

I've been cooking my way through Ina Garten's pasta recipes, whipping up a dozen from her 13 cookbooks. I like to try a new one every month or so, and as I searched for a comforting winter dish, I ...