Draining the curds in cheese cloth is optional — a thin T-shirt or dish towel works just as well. You can use fresh lemon ...

From the fresh pasta to the Bolognese to, yes, even the ricotta.

There’s a common phrase in cheese pairing that goes, “What grows together goes together.” In this case, ricotta is an Italian ...

you can also make your own ricotta-style fresh cheese at home. If you go this route, note that the process of separating the curds from the whey and straining the cheese takes just over three ...