Quick and Easy Pasta Dinners

August 28, 2013

Three incredibly simple and earthy pasta dishes to welcome the fall season with.

Leaves fall in fall. Temperatures, too. But some things rise, our appetites topping the list. Salads are splendid, and the grill has its thrill, but come autumn, its rib-sticking fare we crave. Pasta offers the ideal canvas, whether for a sauté of woodsy mushrooms splashed with sherry, a warm-spiced ragu, savory sausage partnered with dark leafy greens, or an earthy spin on pesto that has as little to do with summer as it does with basil. So bring a pot of water to a rolling boil (it will help drown out your growling stomach). These hearty, delicious pastas promise to satisfy.

—By Laraine Perri