Fettuccine Alfredo, despite being a pretty simple pasta dish, is a hard one to beat in terms of deliciousness and decadence.

“Simplicity,” said Leonardo da Vinci, “is the ultimate sophistication,” and, with the possible exception of the Martini, nowhere is that more the truth than with fettuccine all ...

Fettuccine Alfredo — or fettuccine alla Alfredo — is a Roman classic. It’s so Roman, and so specific to two restaurants in the Eternal City, that you rarely find it throughout the rest of Italy.

Often monochrome, except for the little bit of chopped parsley on top, fettuccine Alfredo is soft-on-soft and rather heavy. Let's be frank: No one planning on "eating clean" would ever conceive of ...

Slumped on the kitchen stools, we were too physically tired to sit up and too mentally exhausted to imagine eating anything other than fettuccine Alfredo. “It’s a meal where I don’t have to ...