A penne for your thoughts!

With National Pasta Day just around the corner, we’ve put together a selection of our all time favourite recipes.

Padella founder Tim Siadatan shows us there’s more to his shopping than a cruise down the pasta aisle

The humble tinned tomato always brings its A-game to the kitchen, whether you’re knocking up an easy sofa supper or making meatballs worth a marriage proposal

Using everyone’s favourite carb, these dishes are ready in just 30 minutes

For anyone considering tweaking pasta alla carbonara –a work of art as fine as the Trevi Fountain–the answer is always: non c’è modo ! Or is it, asks Tom Parker Bowles

No longer considered bland, bleak sustenance, glorious beans, whether bottled, tinned or dried, have skipped into the hearts and pantries of the nation, enthuses Tom Parker Bowles