Recipe of the day: bacon and mushroom penne Cooking pasta is easy until it goes wrong. And then it is a disaster. Fortunately, chef Kyle Marshall has provided us with a simple penne pasta recipe that we can all try to perfect our skills. Penne is a short cylindrical pasta, ideal for thicker sauces that can fill up the cylinder. Kyle Marshall. Picture: Supplied Even if you’re a master in the kitchen, you can still whip up Marshall’s delicious dish. When Marshall was 23 years old he was faced with a toss-up as to whether to play cricket professionally or study to be a chef.