Seafood is a delicate-tasting cuisine, often paired with simple ingredients to prevent its mild flavor from getting lost in the sauce. With pasta, that typically translates to a nutty brown butter ...

Wine and pasta -- is there anything better ... if you like the adventure -- there's no one-size-fits-all rule like "white ...

Tweaking a red sauce is a lot ... by an Italian lady sharing her pasta sauce. She said it raises the pH, removes the acidity, and makes the sauce a bit sweeter without sugar.

No matter how you like your pasta sauce—from garlicky ... then add to the sauce. Or combine sauce with a cooked-down mixture of vodka, cream, and red-pepper flakes for a spicy vodka version.

But babysitting a bubbling pot of sauce during a heat wave? Not so much. The season’s sun-ripened produce lends itself well to no-cook pasta sauces ... chile or red-pepper flakes.