print recipe (1 rated) When I spent this past summer living in Italy, seafood dishes were my go-to. This dish combines everything I love about Italy — pasta shells, fresh herbs, marinara, succulent shrimp and scallops — in one single dish that can easily and affordably feed a family. Technique tip: If you purchase your scallops or shrimp uncooked, bring a pot of water to a boil, add the seafood, and cook for 5 minutes. Drain well. Swap option: You can use lobster instead of shrimp for a more...

We recently gave you the bad news about all the things you need to stop putting in your dishwasher, but there's good news too! There are plenty of surprising things that can go in your dishwasher — including many items from rooms beyond your kitchen. TODAY Food spoke to Lucinda Ottusch, dishwasher expert at Whirlpool Corporation’s Institute of Home Sciences, for her advice on what you can stop washing by hand and start letting the dishwasher take care of for you. Here are 17 items you can...

Pigs are the next cash cows. Pigs can’t fly — but the price of pork sure can. Bacon is a sizzling hot commodity right now. Research published by the firm Urner Barry finds that bacon prices in supermarkets are fluctuating between about $4.50 to $5.60 per pound; at their highest point in mid-June, prices were up 26% since the start of the year. What’s more, the cost of wholesale pork bellies, which is where bacon comes from, is up nearly 75% since the beginning of the year. Why the jump? For...

This bike gave us the ride of our lives. The Smacircle S1 claims to be the world’s most compact and lightweight e-bike with a total weight of just 15 pounds. It’s got some cool features — it folds and collapses onto itself, and can be stowed away in a backpack to be carried anywhere — but it costs $1,499 and its top speed is just 12 miles per hour. Still, if it could ease my commute, I was game to try it — so I took the prototype for a test drive around New York’s Central Park. The results...

Every cloud has a silver lining — including the one that could lead to more comfortable seats in coach. Passenger advocacy group Flyers Rights recently won a victory over the Federal Aviation Administration in court, with three D.C. Circuit judges ordering the FAA to look into excessively small seats on commercial flights. Flyers Rights says that flying economy could jeopardize your health and safety in the event of an emergency and potentially cause passengers to develop blood clots—a side...