Thanks Wiffy, Noob Cook and PPN host extraordinaire! Your presentation of this week's Presto Pasta Night roundup is beautiful. I love it! Thanks so much for a job well done. And congratulations! This is the earliest roundup ever. Thanks everyone for all your tasty pasta dishes. The hard part is choo...

All I can say is.... WOW!!! What an awesome week. And first I must apologize for using words like awesome, delicious, gorgeous, glorious, spectacular over and over...even the thesaurus couldn't help me. Same goes for "shares", "brings", "makes"...but I hope you overlook my vocabulary weaknesses and ...

It's that time again... Jennifer, The Domestic Goddess (the sweet side of Canada) and ... Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict (the savory) are doing another Taste Canada Event for ... Canada Day, naturally. And we are fruly fortunate to live in a country so lush, and rich with verdant farm l...

It’s Presto Pasta Night Week 68 , but before anything, I want to thank Kevin, of Closet Cooking once again for a fantastic job with last week’s roundup. And thanks to all of you who shared your great pasta dishes and the rest of us for dropping by to enjoy them all. One more thing before we get ...

My friend Sara of I Like to Cook is the force behind Weekend Cookbook Challenge, one of my all time favorite food blogging events. I'm only sorry I don't join in the fun more often than I do. Where does the time go? This month the theme is TV Cooks and...well, since I'm hooked on Foodtv , how could ...

What a great week...lots of newcomers to our happy little Presto Pasta Night family - welcome, welcome and thanks for joining in the fun. Sad to say, there are lots of sickies out there too, who (fortunately for the rest of us) share their perfect cure for the ills of this time of year...prolonged w...

I was so excited when Mike of Mel's Diner invited a bunch of us to recreate some of Julia Child's awesome dishes from Mastering the Art of French Cooking . And what great company, I'll be keeping, some of my favorite foodies.... BreadChick Mary, Sara of I Like to Cook, Deborah of What's In My Kitche...

I must admit, I really do love Presto Pasta Nights. It’s like having a birthday party every week, with lots of presents to open and “Ooooh� and “Aaaaah� over. And this week there are some very fine "gifts"....interestingly...several mac 'n cheese dishes - I guess it's still cold in most pl...

This is a slightly unorthodox way to start the Presto Pasta Night Roundup , but excellent, none the less. I love FineCooking Magazine which also has a great website and a newsletter that comes to my "door". There's nothing more enjoyable than having my morning coffee and checking out what's new in t...

Today is International Women's Day and Kochtopf is organizing a food event to celebrate. How could I NOT join the fun! Here in North America, women have certainly come a long way...being able to own property, choose who they want to marry - and, if necessary, divorce. They can go to university and b...