Proving just how versatile an ingredient pasta is, these two pasta dishes from the Shine Supper Club nod to roots in two different continents. One blogger reinterprets Italian bolognese with kicky Korean flavors, while another serves up cozy, comforting Hungarian pot roast with buttered noodles. Join the Supper Club by sharing your favorite pasta recipe. Here's how:

1. Write a blog post, on Shine or elsewhere, telling us about your favorite pasta recipe by Sunday 11:59PM PST, October 21st. Be sure to include a photo and a recipe.
2. Mention and link to the Shine Supper Club in your post: http://shine.yahoo.com/supper-club/
3. Tweet @yahooshine with a link to your post and include the hashtag #shinesupperclub. Aren't on Twitter? Email the link to shine_sarahmccoll@yahoo.com. We will compile the links and send them out to all participants to include in their post so all Supper Club members can share in the link love.
4. The community will vote on the winning recipe to be featured on

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There are some days--say, when it's raining and your shoes are decidedly not waterproof, or work is so insane you've been reduced to tears at your desk (again)--when only a bowl of pasta will do. In those moments, these comfort food recipes come to the rescue. Got an amazing pasta recipe that never failures to brighten up your evening? Join the Shine Supper Club by sharing it:

1. Write a blog post, on Shine or elsewhere, telling us about your favorite pasta recipe by Sunday 11:59PM PST, October 21st. Be sure to include a photo and a recipe.
2. Mention and link to the Shine Supper Club in your post: http://shine.yahoo.com/supper-club/
3. Tweet @yahooshine with a link to your post and include the hashtag #shinesupperclub. Aren't on Twitter? Email the link to shine_sarahmccoll@yahoo.com. We will compile the links and send them out to all participants to include in their post so all Supper Club members can share in the link love.
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You know what I love about these two recipes? They are as different as different can be, but both inspired by the same Shine Supper Club theme: pasta. That's one of the beauties of cooking, and what a blogging collective like the Supper Club can showcase: cooking is a springboard for creativity, and an opportunity for us to bring our ideas, personal preferences, and whatever we are hungry for at that moment to bear at every meal. Join us this month for a chance to win a copy of Weeknight Fresh + Fast. Here's how it works:

1. Write a blog post, on Shine or elsewhere, telling us about your favorite pasta recipe by Sunday 11:59PM PST, October 21st. Be sure to include a photo and a recipe.
2. Mention and link to the Shine Supper Club in your post: http://shine.yahoo.com/supper-club/
3. Tweet @yahooshine with a link to your post and include the hashtag #shinesupperclub. Aren't on Twitter? Email the link to shine_sarahmccoll@yahoo.com. We will compile the links and send them out to all p

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To the never-ending question of what's for dinner, allow us to offer three easy answers--in the form of one favorite ingredient--from the cookbook Weeknight Fresh + Fast: pasta. It's already one of our weekly go-to's (and the theme for this month's Shine Supper Club) but author Kristine Kidd ups the ante by smartly adding the flavors of fall to each of these recipes, making them just right for right now.

Recipe: Penne with Mushrooms and Turkey Sausage

"Woodsy mushrooms and fragrant rosemary say fall to me," Kristine told us, "and this is one of the first recipes I make each year when the weather starts to turn cool."

3/4 oz dried porcini mushrooms
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
3/4 pound hot Italian turkey sausage, casings removed
10-12 oz button mushrooms, wiped clean and sliced
1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped
coarse kosher salt and freshly-ground pepper
1/3 cup dry white wine
1 bay leaf
3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth
12 oz penne pasta, preferably multigra

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Jamie Sanders is the blogger behind Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom, and the cook behind the September Shine Supper Club's winning recipe, Peanut Sesame Noodles with Chicken. Peek into Jamie's cupboards and culinary brain:

What ingredient are you currently obsessed with?
I would have to say, beans! Black beans, pinto beans, white beans, even garbanzo beans. (I made a really good chocolate dip from garbanzos.) My entire family likes them and I add them to any dish I can.

Favorite food memory?
I am trying to make a few memories with my kids. We spend a lot of time in the kitchen and they frequently "assist." During the summer, we had a designated family cooking day each week and they loved it.

What's your go-to easy dinner?
Quesadillas. We always have tortillas, cheese and some sort of leftover to go in them.

Ketchup or mustard?
Ketchup

It's your last meal. What's on the menu?
A really good pizza, one with a deep dish/pan crust that is nice and crispy on the edges with mushrooms,

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