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Category Archive for 'Cacio e Pepe'

Cacio e Pepe: A Spicy, Creamy, Simple, Cheap and Satisfying Roman Meal

Posted in butter, Cacio e Pepe, cheap meal, cheese, culture, easy, Europe, Food Commentary, Italian, Italy, language, meal, noodles, Olive Oil, Pasta, pepper, quick meal, Rachel Ray, Recipe, Recipes, restaurant, Roman, Rome, savory, spicy, tourism, tradition, travel, vegetarian on Apr 29th, 2008

I think the title of this post says it all about my feelings (and others) about the famous Romans dish of pasta, traditionally spaghetti, with pecorino cheese and a good amount of freshly ground pepper.  The name says is all – cacio, meaning cheese, and pepe meaning pepper.  We’re not breaking any new ground here [...]

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Cacio e Pepe, East Village, NYC – Grazie Mille! A Real Italian Restaurant Experience – Restaurant Review

Posted in Cacio e Pepe, Italian, New York City, restaurant, Restaurant Review, Roman, Rome on Dec 5th, 2007

I felt majorly bloated after an over-indulgent food week, eating out 5 out of 7 nights a few weeks ago.  This was totally abnormal for us poor folks – usually we are only able to grab dinner out of the house an average of once a week.  That specific week was different – we had guests from [...]

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