Entries from The Amateur Gourmet tagged with 'whores'
Pasta alla Puttanesca
I hope you don't consider it uncouth for me to talk about whores at such an early hour, especially on a Monday, but it's impossible to write about Pasta Puttanesca without sounding like a cast member of The Sopranos. (If that's the case, I should pronounce the word: "whoo-ore.") You see, Pasta alla Puttanesca translates in Italian to: "Pasta the way a whore would make it." The reasons are often disputed: some say it's because this is the pasta whores would make in Italy to lure in potential customers, others say it's because the strong smell--anchovies, garlic--made the pasta itself "smell like a whore." Either way, this is a delicious pasta and extremely easy to make: in fact, last night, it was Easter and all the grocery stores were closed. So I ran to the corner bodega and bought one box of ziti, one can of tomato puree, and used the garlic and anchovies and capers I had on hand to whip up a potful and it was a big hit: the Julia Roberts of whore pastas....
