If You're Pre-Boiling Pasta For This Dish, You're Making It Wrong

Adding dry pasta to a dish in progress without boiling it first seems like a beginner cooking mistake, right? Not so fast. We ...
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10 Chef-Approved Pasta Tricks That’ll Change the Way You Cook Forever

Twisted Noodle Hack: It’s tempting to break spaghetti noodles in half before you throw them in the pot to submerge everything ...
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Stop boiling pasta in plain water - this simple trick changes everything

You've been cooking pasta for years, maybe decades. Water, salt, noodles.Simple enough, right? Here's the thing: that pot of ...
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Unless You Want A Huge Mess When Boiling Pasta, Keep The Lid Off The Pot

Your pot of salted water finally hits a rolling boil, and you're ready to cook your noodles to a perfect al dente. You toss in the noodles, throw away the box, and turn around to see the lid rattling ...
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Pasta e fagioli, the quick and creamy Italian recipe that combines pasta with beans

Traditional peasant recipe: pasta and beans is an inexpensive, convenient and delicate meal that should be prepared in autumn ...
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No, Your Spaghetti Doesn’t Have to Be al Dente: 5 Pasta Myths, Debunked

A veteran food journalist settles some long-simmering disputes on a slippery subject. By Julia Moskin After publishing an article debunking five commonly held kitchen myths last week, I got questions ...