Last weekend’s storm cloaked Pine Hill Farm in white, leaving an icy chill in its wake. After a couple of selfies in the snow, my friend Austin and I were craving a hearty, warming pasta…

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…and for that, I knew just where to go.

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Every Villarina’s store feels like a beautifully curated pantry full of fresh, artisanal foods.

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The pasta and sauces are all homemade; my favorite is the lobster ravioli with vodka sauce, but tonight we’re having cavatelli with fresh broccoli rabe, parmasean, plenty of garlic and turkey sausage in place of pork.

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A quick stop at a local Goodwill produced two treasures: an All-Clad non-stick pan, gently used, for $8.99 (new ones run for over a hundred) and a Danish blue and white porcelain ice scoop from the 50s. The pan was in perfectly good condition; it had simply never been cared for and was now baked-on with grime. After soaking it in a solution of boiling hot water and OxiClean to release the grease, I cleaned it as I normally would with dish washing liquid and water, leaving it sparkling like new.

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Before putting my new pan to use, browning the turkey, we needed a little something to snack on while we cooked: a light Pinot Noir in handblown crystal glasses and manchego cheese on a Paris porcelain platter with creamware shell dishes from an antique mall outside of Boston, 10 dollars for the set.

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While Austin worked her magic in the kitchen, prepping the cavatelli for boiling…

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…I assembled the trays for our fireside dinner. The bowls are Eggshell Nautilis from the 30s, the goblets are smoked glass and the napkin rings are cloisonné.

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The vintage bamboo trays I picked up at thrift shops, one or two at a time, until I’d completed a set of 12.

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Dinner is served: a warming winter pasta for a cold, Connecticut night.

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And for dessert? Snapping up from the dishrack my new Danish ice cream scoop, I served caramel-creamy dulce de leche from Häagen-Dazs with ginger snaps in champagne coupes from Crate & Barrel.

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Enjoy the weekend, everyone! Back on Wednesday with a fresh take on a quirky set of vintage pillow cases you’ll love!