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(02/16/12 10:35am)
Angel Hair, Capellini: Super thin, delicate strands. The name in Italian literally means “fine hair.” Pairs well with thin, delicate sauces.
Cappelletti: Small, round and double–folded. Looks like a tiny hat.
Cavatappi: Shaped like corkscrews. These spiral tubes are perfecto for all kinds of sauces, since they hold the flavor in.
Cavatelli: Folded like teeny hot dog buns. Great when filled with chunky sauces.
Farfalle: Call ‘em bow ties or butterflies, they’re strong enough to hold all sorts of thick sauces. Also great for making pasta salad.
Ditalini: These tiny, short tubes are extremely versatile. Known as “little thimbles,” ditalini is a great base for soups or stir–fries.
Orechiette: Small, round, ear shapes. Impress with tomatoes, peppers and goat cheese.
Fideo: Slightly curved, short, thin strands. Used mainly in soup recipes, the fideo is very popular in Latin America.
Fusilli: This totally “twisted spaghetti” goes great with any sauce. Mix with pesto and parmigiano cheese — simple and delicious.
Gigli: Not to be confused with JLo’s disaster film, gigli is wavy–edged and rolled into a flowerlike cone. Ideal for heavy sauces, these “lilies” work well with cream and meat.
Gnocchi: Small dumplings usually made of potato flour. Since they tend to be heavy, use a lighter pesto or tomato sauce to bring out their flavor.
Jumbo Shells: Large shell shapes. Best when filled with cheese (like mascarpone), veggies or meat.
Lasagna: These extra–wide strips are designed for making a meaty, cheesy casserole that says love whether it’s at Grandma’s house or here. Lasagna can always be made ahead of time and kept in the freezer until its ready to eat.
Linguini: Don’t let the fact that its name means “little tongues” in Italian keep you from using these thin, flat noodles. They’re perfect with seafood and light sauces.
Manicotti: Wide, ridged tubes. Stuff with meat, cheese and/or veggies, top with you favorite sauce, add cheese and bake.
Orzo: Tiny grain shapes that look like rice. Great for salads or as a side dish.
Penne: The Little Black Dress of the pasta world, these small tubes go with everything. Thick, chunky sauces are particularly flattering.
Ravioli: Square pillows that can be stuffed with pretty much anything.
Rigatoni: Ridged, short tubes whose features pack in tons of flavor from any sauce.
Spaghetti: Meaning literally “a length of cord,” spaghetti’s somewhat of a player. Best known for its tight relationship with meatballs and tomato sauce, spaghetti experiments with unconventional sauces.
Tortellini: Ravioli’s ring–shaped cousin, this pasta is usually stuffed and can be added to steaming broth for a warmup in the winter.
Elbow Macaroni: Best known as the star of macaroni and cheese, but don’t be afraid to use it elsewhere: add to vegetable soup, bake with parmigiano or top with a vodka sauce.
Vermicelli: Thinner than spaghetti, these “little worms” are versatile.
Ziti: Mid–sized tubular pasta, often found baked with tomato sauce and cheese.
(02/02/12 10:41am)
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(02/02/12 10:39am)
“I…am always obliged to go and gaze at a blade of grass, a pine–tree branch, an ear of wheat, to calm myself,” wrote Vincent Van Gogh to his sister near the end of his life. These words are embodied by the works exhibited in “Van Gogh: Up Close,” the greatly–anticipated PMA show that opened yesterday.
(11/10/11 11:00am)
Forget yeast, kneading and industrial–size fryers. The secret to making airy, golden donuts is a can of biscuit dough.
*Makes 8 donuts with their respective donut holes
Ingredients:
1 can of buttermilk biscuit dough (like Pillsbury)
1 quart peanut oil or canola oil
1/4 cup white sugar (optional)
2 tsp. cinnamon (optional)
(04/21/11 6:57am)
1911: a year in which Paris saw passion and greatness intertwine to redefine the path of art and creativity. 100 years later, Philadelphia has taken upon itself to draw inspiration from this exciting energy and transform the city into an ongoing art show. From Now until May 1st, the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) is going on all over the city, so take a few hours away from "studying." Here’s your guide — check it.
(03/24/11 7:19am)
At first glance, Brent Kee Young’s pieces are hard to decipher. From afar, the transparent chairs, vases and structures look plastic, stubbornly artificial. Yet, with every step you take, you come to realize the error of your initial judgment. Each piece is composed of a plethora of flame–worked, yarn–thin glass spirals, expertly intertwined to construct large–scale works. From a country kitchen chair to a seven–foot–tall Grecian column, the glass artwork exhibit “The Matrix Series: Studies in Form/Illuminating The Common” are breathtaking.
On display at the Wexler Gallery, this nine–piece series aims to explore “the ambiguous nature of glass and the sense of space and volume one can create.” A renowned glass artist and winner of the Cleveland Arts Prize for Visual Arts, Young succeeds at creating structures that look so delicate that you’re afraid to sneeze around them; yet they exhibit perfect strength and balance. Each of the thousands of curved rods intertwines to secure the integrity of the structures.
Young’s play on volume and form is exemplified in the life–size replica of a sofa chair. Though it appears as fragile as the rest of the pieces, this one has a voluminous, pillowesque quality that tempts you to take a seat — even though the result would be disastrous. The artist manages to use stark, cold glass tubes to create the illusion of fluff and comfort, a feat as unbelievable as it is beautiful.
The standout piece of the exhibit is the Grecian column that dominates the northwest corner of the room. Standing at an unfathomable seven feet, its sheer height is outstanding. But what makes this piece unlike the rest is the increased level of complexity: inside the column, a series of small, perfectly symmetrical staircases stand upon each other at 30–degree angles, creating a path all the way to the very top (and this masterpiece of glass–handling can be yours for a whopping 38 grand!).
Though small in size, the intricacy and distinctiveness of the works in this exhibit is enough to keep an observer thoroughly intrigued. In his works, Young manages to juxtapose fragility and strength: small–scale complexity with large–scale simplicity. And when the light hits a piece in just the right spot, the transparent glass tubes become tiny prisms which reflect rainbows onto the stark white pedestals, making magic if just for a moment.
(03/24/11 7:00am)
Forget about New York and Chicago. If Kill the Irishman is any indication, the true center of mafia violence in the mid–1970s was Cleveland. Though it trends toward the cliche, Jonathan Hensleigh’s biopic about Danny Greene, the Forest City’s top Irish mobster, reveals the complicated — and extremely violent — world of mob relations in northern Ohio.
(03/17/11 6:53am)
On the corner of Front Street and Chestnut, overlooking the Delaware River, stands the imposing Irish Memorial Sculpture. Set in bronze, this monument was built in honor of the one million Irish men, women and children who died of starvation during the 1845–1850 famine, and the other million people who were forced to emigrate to the United States.
(02/10/11 7:00am)
Adrian Franco | 34st MagazineIt’s difficult for a building to stand out in Queen Village. Every other house seems to have a mural painted on its side or an entryway covered in stunning mirror mosaic. Yet the moment you get to the corner of Fitzwater and South Randolf, you can’t help but stop and stare wide–eyed at the wonder that’s before you.