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Al Verde Sauce: I requested that you share your favorite recipes with us. Many thanks, and keep them coming! Dear Kyle: Months ago I sent you my recipe for artichoke pesto. Here are two other recipes that my friends and family keep requesting. The Al Verde sauce is a summer staple at my house. And the Microwave Risotto is a fall favorite. Share them as you wish. Ann Sheehy

There are many different kinds of gnocchi in addition to the now standard potato variety. Pin, which are from Piacenza, combine greens with ricotta and Parmigiano.

A popular "meaty" vegetarian and cheeseless vegan lasagna recipe using TVP as a meat substitute.

5-Colored Shells and a Sicilian Eggplant Sauce: The term "Five-Colored" brings Chinese to mind somehow, though these are quite Italian. The colors are given to the pasta by saffron, beet juice, squid ink, and spinach (pale is uncolored). They're about an inch long and half an inch deep. Cooking time: 8 minutes. Possible substitutions: Uncolored shells, fusilli, cavatelli, penne, ziti. A recipe? Sicilian eggplant sauce with tomatoes and olives.

This is an old, old recipe Pellegrino Artusi tells of being served something quite similar at the end of a long drive through the country more than a century ago, by an innkeeper who had just killed a brace of chickens when they arrived, and offered to whip something together. It will work quite nicely as a one-course meal, with a salad, and a zesty red wine, for example a Bardolino or a Chianti d'Annata. A good Lambrusco, for example Ermete Medici's Concerto, would also be nice.

A Pasta Shell Pasta Salad with Red Pesto, or Conchiglie al Pesto Rosso: Though people commonly associate the word pesto with the green garlic-and-basil sauce from Liguria, the word derives from the verb pestare, to step on or grind, and therefore applies to any sauce made from ground ingredients. In this case, sun-dried tomatoes and almonds, which will balance each other quite well. The recipe is easy.

Perch is one of th emost prized fresh-water fish, and it must also take well to being farmed, to judge from the sheer volume of perch fillets you'll find in Italian fish markets. There are many ways to prepare it, and here is a simple pasta sauce that will work well with spaghetti.

The classic Sicilian Ragú is a feast day dish that's tremendously involved; this is a considerably abbreviated version you can prepare when rushed, or when the sauce is to be used as an ingredient, for example with tripe.

A Taste of Italy Baked Fish is a quick and easy low-calorie, low-fat, low-sodium, and low-carb recipe. It's simple enough to serve for a family dinner and fancy enough to serve at a dinner party. Italian herbs and stewed tomatoes add the succulent flavor to this quick and easy, casserole-style dish.

Cheese, acorn squash, and ham make a wonderful pasta filling for homemade tortelloni (tortellini).