This recipe shows how to make creamy basil pesto pasta entirely from scratch, including handmade orecchiette. The pesto ...

Armando Rafael for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Cyd Raftus McDowell. This pasta captures the essence of basil, without pesto’s garlic, nuts and salty cheese tussling for attention. It smells like ...

Aromatic fresh basil motivates dinner many a night all year long—shredded over pasta, pureed into vegetable soups, torn on a steak sandwich, chopped in fish salad, and raw in tomato salads. I never ...