<p>Sasha Marx is the Editorial Director of ChefSteps.com. He is a chef, writer, and editor, and he previously worked at the Michelin-starred and James Beard Award–winning restaurant Parachute in Chicago, as well as at Serious Eats and America’s Test Kitchen.</p>

Sasha Marx

<p>Cacio e pepe—is there a better example of a dish being greater than the sum of its parts? The simplest of the “core four” Roman pastas (gricia, amatriciana, and carbonara are the other three), with just three ingredients—pasta, pepper, and cheese—bound together with starchy pasta water to produce a punchy plate of in-your-face grownup mac and cheese.</p>

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