While it would make sense to follow the cooking directions listed on a package of pasta, Italians usually don’t.

How to boil or cook common foods is one of the most searched “how-to” themes on the internet, and it has been for years, News ...

No matter what kind of pasta dish you’re making, from pasta salad to a classic spaghetti carbonara, overcooking your pasta is the easiest way to ruin your meal. You may have heard of the term “al ...

Spaghetti squash is exactly what it sounds like — spaghetti that comes from squash! It’s one of our favorite pasta alternatives that’s a blank canvas for anything you want to add to it. Plus, it's so ...

Andrea Scotti receives funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and the Swedish Research Council. Whether you prefer your spaghetti al dente or soothingly soft, it can be difficult to ...

If it's not tough and chewy, it's reduced to an unpalatable mush—there's certainly a fine art in cooking pasta perfectly al dente. And thanks to scientists and a surprising use of a particle ...