Once you understand the "why" behind cooking, you can stop chasing myths and start cooking with gas. Here are 11 common cooking "tricks" that don't actually work, so you can stop being fooled by ...

Good eating can come from the most unexpected pairings, like this soy sauce and butter pasta. So flavorful, it is comfortingly delicious.

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 ...

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 ...

I dream of shirking my entire to-do list in favor of making a Bolognese sauce that takes all day, then spreading it between ...

"For some added nutrition and a pop of green, add 3 to 4 cups of fresh baby spinach to the pan after cooking the garlic, stirring until it wilts. Frozen green peas or frozen chopped broccoli are also ...

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 ...

If I had to guess how often I eat pasta, it would be around four nights a week. There are lots of reasons for this, perhaps one of the simplest being that I just love pasta. One of the major downsides ...

This collection of our best vegetarian pasta recipes includes roasted red pepper and mushroom lasagna, feta gnocchi with spring peas, broiled zucchini spaghetti, and orzo risotto with Swiss chard.