A person holding a pasta strainer and slotted spoon over a sink - Itxu/Shutterstock Surprises in the kitchen aren't usually a good thing. They might bring to mind food-related injuries or forgotten ...

Boil, drain, rinse in the sink. Wait—have we been doing it wrong all along?

Alton Brown at a press event for Food Network - Noam Galai/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Pretty much all types of pasta, whether fresh or boxed, need to be ...

If there's one word to describe Alton Brown, it's eccentric. After all, he's used a brick as a meat tenderizer and fried steak in mayonnaise. Having said that, the self-described foodist does have ...

From water that isn’t salty enough to draining pasta too soon, small habits quietly ruin great pasta. These common mistakes explain why your bowl tastes flat—and how a few fixes can change everything.