Binging with Babish: Pasta Puttanesca from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Pasta puttanesca can mean many things - a bonding moment for a family enduring unspeakable tragedy. A peace offering to a conniving, distant relative and his wannabe-drama-nerd-cronies. A "prostitute pasta", its literal translation from Italian to English. Whatever pasta puttanesca means to you, it's basically a bunch of anchovies and olives mashed into spaghetti, and it tastes better than it sounds.

Music: "XXV" by Broke for Free

[johndifrancisco]

"There's nothing worse than under sauced pasta" YES!!! I always catch crap for over saucing. I feel REDEEMED!

[U_C_G]

There's just something about orphans cooking pasta which really brings out the comedian in Babbish

[richardjara]

"My OTHER best friend John Favreau" LMAO

[Dootteh]

Babish: "Be sanitary, don't be gross"
Also Babish: *LITERALLY PUTS BLOOD AND SWEAT INTO CHOCOLATE CAKE*

[LindsayDaly]

My favorite Brad Leone advice, giving it a good "tossy toss"

[DragonOfVenezuela]

"From the critically acclaimed Netflix series"
**Sad book series noises**

[LuciaBellanger]

"Pasta....Puttanesca?"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?"

[sherinevictoria]

"I literally do not care how finely you chop them"
- Andrew Rea, 2019

[Wifibee]

**aggressively name drops Jon Favreau**

[miaanderson]

‘Be sanitary, don’t be gross” says the same man who put his own blood sweat and tears into a chocolate cake.

[chickensangwich]

I like how aggressively you say "my other friend, Jon Favreau."

[wesleyhart]

I grew up eating this dish no less than once a month my entire life so when he said he hated it, my heart broke a little. :”) glad to hear he liked it in the end though! (But I get it; capers and anchovies aren’t for everyone, and much like babish, even I only like them when they’re used in the context of a lot of other strong acidic + umami ingredients)

[IdnPrscot]

*Damn. That awkward crypto talk was amazing.*

[moderreaper]

Nobody:

Count Olaf: WherES thE RoAst BeEf

[outtagoodnamesdangit]

To be real here... this video inspired me to try this recipe out (minus making my own pasta, because who has time for that?), and it's honestly now one of my favorite foods (possibly my absolute favorite!). Pasta Puttanesca is so amazingly good despite its weird ingredients, and any skeptics who think this sounds like a garbage sauce should give it an honest try before dismissing it.

[Kimchifox]

"Like MY OTHER BEST FRIEND Jon Favreau" hahaha I love that

[andymac]

"You guys playin' Fortnite?"

Babish, I thought you said _pleasant_ conversation?

[junietwoknees]

Can we talk about the part where he says "my other best friend Jon Favreau" and he uses the *actual carving fork used on the set of Chef*

[NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW]

The anchovies will basically disintegrate in the oil if you cook in the beginning with garlic and capers. It's mean flavor the oil. I wouldn't recommend adding them whole at the end. But that's just me...much love brother!

[madhaha]

And so began Andrew’s new Fortnight streaming career “Building with Babish”