Article: One hot dish: baked pasta is the ultimate comfort food--a rich, delicious dinner sure to please, and feed, a crowd.(Recipe)

When the get-together is casual, serve up baked pasta. Hot from the oven and bubbling with cheese, it's a cozy dish that's also company-worthy. Lasagna may be the best-known baked pasta, but pasticcio--as the Italians call this rustic favorite--has dozens of variations. Most of the pastas here involve layers of noodles, meat, veggies, and cheese that can be assembled ahead. If you're entertaining on a bigger scale, you can prepare these suppers the night before, refrigerate them, and then heat them up when guests arrive. And when time is at it premium, try some of our stovetop options that can be on the table even faster.

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