First, the best baked ziti isn’t made with ziti but with a short, tubular ridged pasta such as rigatoni. While you noodle on that, allow me to explain. While ziti’s wide “tunnels” are ...

Mozzarella >> Muenster or other similar melty cheese. Rigatoni >> ziti, cavatappi or other short, tubular pasta shape. To make this dish more weeknight-friendly, instead of making the tomato sauce ...