It's hard to get excited about manicotti, those oversized cheese-stuffed tubes of pasta slathered with pasta sauce. That's probably because they are too similar to lasagna. Some recipes even call for ...

Homemade pesto is delicious, no matter how you make it – most cooks throw everything into a food processor, hit pulse a few times and call it a day. The resulting pesto is lovely. But – and this is a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. HAM-STUFFED MANICOTTI Yield: 7 servings Nonstick cooking spray 14 manicotti pasta shells Step 1: Coat a 9-by-13-inch glass baking ...