When you eat together, friends become family.

Pasta Friday is a weekly gathering of pasta-lovers, wine drinkers, and all their wild children. It began in Allison Arevalo’s Oakland kitchen in 2017, and it’s now a tradition shared by people all over the world. It’s also a gorgeous cookbook!

Unwind. Connect. Make memories. Our grandparents understood the importance of eating together. Of sitting down, face-to-face, and sharing a meal with your community. But it's harder now. Finding the time to cook and entertain every single week seems impossible.

But it’s not. I would host around 30 adults and 20 children in my Oakland kitchen, and now I’m continuing the tradition in our new home in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I cook a giant pot of pasta, a big salad, and the guests bring wine. Yes, I have chips in my walls and popsicle stains on my rugs, but it is so worth it, because I also have so many friends who have become my family.

I can show you how to start your own Pasta Friday. How to shop, prep and prepare to host a weekly gathering that will change your life.

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Hiya Pasta People! Are you following my pasta-making over at @pastalouise?? Here’s a glimpse at my spicy chitarra. It’s a smoky, spicy paprika pasta that pairs great with fresh herbs, olive oil, grated manchego and fancy salt...
And guys!

It has been FOREVER since I posted here! How are you guys holding up? It’s been a roller coaster over here, with a constant wave of sirens in the background, reminding me how lucky we are.
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If you’re not already, jump over to @pastalou

Guys! This was a really, really fun #pastafriday
It felt Oakland-style, with easy conversations and tons of kids going nuts for popsicles.
Hoping to these more often, but with construction finally ramping up at @pastalouise I don’t know how l

#pastafriday is on this week! I’m making a meaty ragu... kinda like this one but also pretty different. My family calls it “The Bone Sauce” 💀. Not the prettiest name. But omg is it good! It’s the sauce I made for the first ev

Who else has pasta on the table at thanksgiving?
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We usually have manicotti (called mon-a-goat in my family) before the turkey... but I gotta say, it’s not my favorite. Tooooo much ricotta for me.
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So this is my zero ricotta baked ziti, and i

I am getting pretty lazy when it comes to taking good (or any) photos at #pastafriday!
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But I did snap a few of the feast we had last night! Fresh fettuccine in a creamy, herby, cheesy mushroom sauce. And the salad may have had butternut squash roas

Throwing it back to the early days of #pastafriday! Back when I was living in Oakland, trying to figure out how to cook for the 50 people who were about to show up at my house. .
Last night I spoke at @roomandboard in Manhattan about how PF began and

Hey pasta people! I’ll be at @roomandboard in Manhattan this Thursday with plenty of pasta, lively conversation and lots of signed books to sell. Here are the deets:
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PASTA FRIDAY SIGNING, STORIES AND SAMPLES:
FREE! 11/7 5:30pm - 7pm
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I love making giant pots of pasta. I love it because it means there are a lot of people coming over to eat together, and nothing makes me happier.
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Speaking of giant bowls of pasta... I’ll be cooking up 3 courses of pasta at @zingermansroadh

“Pasta Friday is the highlight of my week. What an amazing thing – to eat, drink and catch up with friends every single Friday!”

— Stephanie Levy, pasta lover and wine drinker