About Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi

Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi have a long-standing passion for Italian food. They’re the owners of Caffé Caldesi in London and Caldesi in Campagna in the English countryside. They also run an Italian cooking school in London, La Cucina Caldesi, where Katie and Giancarlo have spent more than a decade teaching students at every level. Rome: Centuries in an Italian Kitchen is their most recent cookbook.@katiecaldesi @giancarlocaldesi

A metal skillet filled with creamy pasta covered with shredded Parmesan and cracked pepper, with a large serving spoon. A bowl of Parmesan and a pepper mill sit beside it.

Cacio e Pepe

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This crazy satisfying, ridiculously cheap, pantry-minded dinner consists of just pasta, cheese, oil, salt, pepper, and a nifty technique.

Four plates topped with broccoli with peanut sauce and a small dish of sesame seeds on the side.

Broccoli with Peanut Sauce

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Say hello to the most failproof way we know to get everyone to eat their veggies—and just about anything else you can dip or dunk or douse.

A white bowl filled with orzo with roasted vegetables, pine nuts, and fresh basil, and a wooden spoon.

Orzo with Roasted Vegetables

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Essentially a dinner-worthy, clean-out-the-fridge pasta salad that’s impossibly simple to throw together yet stunningly impressive.

Two glasses of lime soda and one glass of angostura orange.

Lime Soda

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Bored by plain old water? Allow us to introduce you to your solution.