American chefs are busy riffing on this Italian classic. Here, F&W’s Grace Parisi shares one traditional recipe and three tasty variations.

Chef Gnocchi Innovations

• At NYC’s 10 Downing Food & Wine, Jason Neroni colors gnocchi with squid ink
• Jamie Leeds of Washington, DC’s CommonWealth Gastropub adds lemon and thyme
• At her eponymous Culver City, CA, restaurant, Akasha uses butternut squash

Barbara Lynch Makes Homemade Gnocchi

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Published October 2009