When a trip to Italy was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Williams instead escaped by making pasta, laying the foundation for a cookbook she had yet to know she was writing. “I always knew I wanted my second cookbook to be a savory cookbook, but it was my editor who saw me making pasta on Instagram and commented, ‘Wow, you make it look so easy, you’re making pasta on a Wednesday night?’”
From there, the idea for Simple Pasta just clicked. Although Italy was far away, pasta was present. “Even if I couldn’t travel in my mind or imagination, pasta allowed me to escape in some way, to fantasize and treat myself.” Williams found herself sheltered on Fire Island with her family and friends, delighting in a summer of fresh pasta and wine. The manuscript and recipes for Simple Pasta just flowed.
Although the cookbook boasts simple recipes, that doesn’t mean Williams didn’t pore over her ingredients and technique. It just means that the recipes are forgiving, and the results will taste good, even if they weren’t executed to perfection. “It’s like a box cake, you know?” she says. “It’s really only adding wet to dry.”
That includes her recipe for vodka sauce, a classic staple that comes together quickly, especially if opting for store-bought pasta. “Vodka sauce is one of those things that people have often eaten, either through restaurants or supermarkets, but never made their own,” Williams says. “And once you make it, you’re going to go, ‘Oh my God, is that it?’ And you’ll never order it at a restaurant again.”
Just make sure you properly cook out the vodka, which Williams admits her daughter mistakenly did not do once—resulting in a bitter, boozy sauce.
For those scared to try their hand at making fresh pasta, Williams is encouraging. “Honestly, it’s so easy. And the other thing too is that it gives you so much pleasure, eating your own fresh pasta,” she says. But if you’re too intimidated, her recipes offer alternatives that include dry pasta. After all, the heart of the book is about simplicity.
“I am so, so grateful for just having had this experience with this delightful subject,” Williams says. “I think, ‘Well, if I had it, I hope someone else can have it, too.’ Because yes, it’s about pasta, but really it’s about pleasure, and finding our way in life.”
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