By the Cookbooks

     For me, trying out new things is a must for this challenge, and new sauces is differently something I have found joy in.      Now the last sauce, also bought to you by Audrey at Home, but this one is so much more simpler and doesn't call for a hand mill. Ingredients     1/2 onion     pinch crushed red pepper flakes     5 1/2 tbs of unsalted butter     1 cup tomato puree     1/2 cup of good quality Russian vodka     1/2 cup of heavy cream     Sea Salt     1 lb of penne     1 ounce of parmigiano-reggiano Directions       In a large skillet saute onion and pepper flakes in butter, over medium heat.       Add tomato puree, reduce heat to low and cook for a few minutes.       Stir in vodka and cook down for 15 minutes.       Add cream.       Meanwhile, cook pasta. ...

     It seems like every good cook knows how to make a sauce, and that's why I chose this recipe. Every good Italian mama has their signature sauce, and I am neither Italian or a mama, so I gave this recipe a whirl. Audrey Hepburn was at least a mama after all.      The sauce does take awhile so give yourself a few hours to make it. Ingredients      3 lbs vine-ripened tomatoes, coarsely diced      1 onion, peeled and left whole      1 stalk of celery, cleaned      1 carrot, cleaned left whole      6 basil leaves, chopped      extra virgin olive oil      pinch of sugar      salt      pepper      1 lb of spaghetti      Parmigiano- Reggiano Directions       In a large pot, with a lid over it, cook tomatos, onion, celery, and carrot for 10 minutes.   ...