“Yearly for Thanksgiving, my household’s vacation custom is to make recent pasta. Sure, the standard turkey is at all times on the desk, normally tucked away within the again nook whereas all of us ohh and ahh over the pasta. In yr’s previous it has been ravioli, papardelle, mezza luna, and even agnolotti. Inside minutes of Daniel’s lasagna alla norma recipe going reside on the SE homepage, my mother emailed me saying ‘We’re making this as our pasta for Thanksgiving.’ We’ll take the time to roll out the sheets of recent lasagna noodles, dissipate my mother’s freezer stash of her summer season backyard tomato sauce, fry the eggplant, and assemble it the day earlier than, making certain much less chaos within the kitchen on precise T-day. I am positive it is going to outshine our turkey.” —Leah Colins, senior culinary editor

“A vegetarian lasagna that actually hits the spot is feasible! It is referred to as lasagna all Norma. I used to be fortunate sufficient to be within the studio when Amanda and Daniel have been taking pictures this recipe, so I can affirm that this recipe hits arduous. Whereas I like, and sometimes make, pasta all Norma, layering the elements between sheets of recent pasta and baking till melty takes it to a different degree.” —Kelli Solomon, senior social media editor