Pici is elevating its menu with the Wagyu Collection, a limited-time celebration of Japan’s most prized beef this April.

Pantry staples and elbow grease is all that’s required to make pici, a type of pasta widely featured in Tuscan cuisine.

Pici is homemade pasta, made without a pasta machine, that's the shape of stubby, pencil-thick pieces. Quick to cook, then drenched in emulsified butter and cheese, and spiked with plenty of black ...

The pasta can be cooked right away, in a large pan of boiling, salted water, or it can be dried out. If you are cooking from fresh, it will take five minutes; if it is dry, it will take 8-10 minutes.

Pici (pronounced pee-chi) will be serving fresh pasta dishes with cacio e pepe (cheese and black pepper) being a staple. Ryon said: "There will be charcuterie, fritti, small plates, pizzettes ...

Thick spaghetti-like pici pasta on a white plate with meat sauce on it and a green herb sprig - Antoniotruzzi/Getty Images ...