Baked pasta doesn’t even have to try to be a cozy, comforting dish. There’s already the bubbling sauce, the gooey cheese, the sweet smell of pasta wafting through the house. But here’s the truth: A ...

We've all seen it. Scroll online for five minutes and you're basically bombarded with a proverbial alphabet soup of viral cooking "tricks" that promise glorious results. Add this. Flip that. Never ...

When chef Carla Lalli Music recently made pasta with sausage and broccoli rabe for dinner, it came out too salty. Her error? She used oversalted pasta water to finish her sauce. “Sometimes it’s better ...

Pasta is a delicious and versatile food popular all over the world for good reason. Whether you're making your own pasta from scratch at home or you're picking up noodles from the store, you can whip ...

For pasta dishes, 30 minutes can be a tough ask—unless you use a lot of store-bought shortcuts, which I am not opposed to. However, some nights, jarred pasta sauce just doesn't cut it for the flavor I ...

Choose noodles with denser, spiral shapes: Use twisty shapes like cavatappi or tortellini so ridges grab dressing and fillings to maximize the amount of flavor in each bite. Undercook, chill, dress ...

Cacio e pepe, in its traditional form, consists of exactly five ingredients: pasta, pecorino Romano cheese, black pepper, salt and water. With such a short list, you might think it would be a cinch to ...

Pamela Vachon is a full-time freelance writer who covers food and drinks. She is a certified sommelier, former fine dining captain and bartender, and culinary school graduate. Although it’s often ...