Advice To Those With A Great Love Of Pasta And A Greater Lack Of Time

Dominic Armato

When you've been taking care of your (awesome) new son, and you're grocery shopping at Dominick's for the basics at 9:00 on a Saturday night because that's the easiest time to get away, and you think to yourself that you've barely cooked for months and you really have a hankerin' for a good Rigatoni all'Amatriciana, and the only ingredients available to you are the deli pancetta and Bel Gioioso "Romano"...

...just don't do it. Seriously. It'll only end in disappointment.

It's an easy target, I know, but this stuff is as closely related to pecorino as Parmigiano Reggiano is to string cheese. Ug.