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People only use a little bit at a time, but there's no pasta I like more than cacio e pepe with a ton of black pepper in it.
Food-World Royalty 2011
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The breakfast is great -- instead of pasta with cacio e pepe, in the morning, they make it with soft scrambled eggs.
Charlotte Druckman: The Best New Eateries Of 2010 Charlotte Druckman 2010
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The breakfast is great -- instead of pasta with cacio e pepe, in the morning, they make it with soft scrambled eggs.
Charlotte Druckman: The Best New Eateries Of 2010 Charlotte Druckman 2010
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The breakfast is great -- instead of pasta with cacio e pepe, in the morning, they make it with soft scrambled eggs.
Charlotte Druckman: The Best New Eateries Of 2010 Charlotte Druckman 2010
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The breakfast is great -- instead of pasta with cacio e pepe, in the morning, they make it with soft scrambled eggs.
Charlotte Druckman: The Best New Eateries Of 2010 Charlotte Druckman 2010
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When my husband Theo and I go out we also prefer traditional Roman trattorias because the traditional cuisine offers simple food with few but superior ingredients- think of pastas like carbonara, amatriciana, and cacio e pepe which are from this region.
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When my husband Theo and I go out we also prefer traditional Roman trattorias because the traditional cuisine offers simple food with few but superior ingredients- think of pastas like carbonara, amatriciana, and cacio e pepe which are from this region.
VinoRoma: Guided Wine Tastings in Rome at eternallycool.net 2008
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From the ceiling, and all around the doorway, hang wreaths and necklaces of sausages, or groups of the long gourd-like _cacio di cavallo_, twined about with box, or netted wire baskets filled with Easter eggs, or great bunches of white candles gathered together at the wicks.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Various
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Chang then demonstrated a simple cacio e pepe dish using ramen noodles another
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Mr. Conant thought before ordering a bowl of spaghetti cacio e pepe.
NYT > Home Page By JEFF GORDINIER 2011
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It's not that I didn't know what cacio e pepe, the Roman dish of spaghetti with Pecorino Romano and black pepper, was—cacio e pepe translates to "cheese and pepper"—it's just that I'd never really had a fantastic version of it.
Cacio e Pepe (Spaghetti With Black Pepper and Pecorino Romano) Editorial Process 2025
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At its core, cacio e pepe is a stripped-down, sophisticated version of mac and cheese (cacio translates to cheese, and pepe translates to pepper).
This 3-Ingredient Italian Pasta Is Irresistibly Creamy — Without a Drop of Cream The Kitchn 2024
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If you're a cacio e pepe coinnesseur already you should really try the lemon zest (just a little bit). It's one of my secret ingredients that never fails to amaze my friends.
How to make perfect Cacio e Pepe every time in less than 15 minutes [scientific and foolproof method]. dragsxvi 2025
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