Pasta night is a staple in households everywhere for good reason. It’s comforting, versatile, and a surefire crowd-pleaser. Yet, for such a simple dish, there’s a surprising amount of debate on how to ...

I reached out to three food experts to share what’s most important to get pasta with perfect flavor and bite. They agree that these two rules make the biggest difference: starting with cold tap water ...

Pasta is one of the world’s best foods. A bowl of pasta can nourish and satisfy like almost nothing else. In some instances, though, soggy, overcooked pasta can be coated in an unappealing sauce, ...

To salt or not to salt: that is the question, at least when it comes to cooking pasta. For Steve Gonzalez, co-founder of Sfoglini Pasta, a New York state-based, artisanal pasta maker, it is no ...

Lidia Bastianich is famed for her Italian cooking, so when she says this three-ingredient pasta is a great, simple dinner, we ...

If it's not tough and chewy, it's reduced to an unpalatable mush—there's certainly a fine art in cooking pasta perfectly al dente. And thanks to scientists and a surprising use of a particle ...

Sara Haas has been a professional chef for 15 years and a licensed dietitian for 20 years. In this article, she breaks down the best way to cook spaghetti squash (roasted for an hour in the oven, ...

All three food pros agree that when it comes to preparing pasta, the choices you make about the water are important. And that begins right at the tap, Guardione says: “When filling your pot with water ...