Pasta cooked in milk to build a creamy sauce. - Alena_Kos/Shutterstock A splash of pasta water is a crucial ingredient in most pasta dishes. The starch that washes into the water from raw pasta helps ...

You've been cooking pasta for years, maybe decades. Water, salt, noodles.Simple enough, right? Here's the thing: that pot of ...

From washing pasta after cooking to covering a cooking pot, these are the biggest pasta blunders, according to an Italian chef. Joey is a writer/editor, TV/radio personality, lifestyle expert, former ...

I’ve cooked more pasta than I care to admit. It's in heavy rotation in our family meal plan and I can definitely tell you the difference between al dente and “someone fell asleep during a rom-com.” So ...

Then—and this is the part most home cooks skip—transfer the pasta straight into your simmering sauce. Don't drain and rinse, don't wait, don't let it sit in a colander cooling. That final minute or ...

If you have 20 minutes, you can make this pasta dish with cavatappi—fancy elbow macaroni—that holds onto all the creamy ...

The heat has been hanging around lately, the air feels heavy, and, as unusual as it is for me, some days I haven’t had much motivation to think about what to make for dinner. While there’s always the ...