Ratings - Ease: 4/5, Taste: 4.5/5, Price: $

Scale: Ease out of 5, with 5 being easy and 1 difficult. Taste out of 5, 5 being delicious and 1 being disgusting. Price out of 5 dollar ($) signs, $ being cheap and $$$ being expensive.

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Pasta Puttanesca inspired by Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events —

Pasta puttanesca can mean many things - a bonding moment for a family enduring unspeakable tragedy. A peace offering to a conniving, distant relative and his wannabe-drama-nerd-cronies. A "prostitute pasta", its literal translation from Italian to English. Whatever pasta puttanesca means t

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This recipe, from YouTube's greatest cooking show (and possibly the best channel), is a great choice of recipe for any occasion. It is vegetarian, except for the anchovies, which could be removed. In the original recipe, homemade pasta is called for, but I substituted it for store-bought, which drastically reduced the amount of time spent and allowed for more attention to detail on the sauce. The store-bought pasta functioned perfectly fine, but the sauce was the star of the show. The family loved it!