You have probably seen this recipe everywhere. Pink sauce pasta, vodka sauce, whatever you want to call it. I ignored it for years because I thought it was just trendy nonsense. Then I made it and immediately understood. The vodka does something magical — it releases flavors in the tomatoes that neither water nor fat can access. You cannot taste alcohol in the finished dish, just this incredibly deep, rounded tomato flavor. Add cream, parmesan, and a generous amount of red pepper flakes, and yo