Fill a large pan or pot halfway with water and bring it to a simmer. Set a second pot or pan atop the first and add the pasta. Toss the pasta in olive oil or sauce so the noodles don’t stick, then ...

I am, to put it mildly, very passionate about pasta. For decades, I worked at Italian American restaurants lovingly referred to as “red sauce joints.” I had a fresh pasta pop-up in Los Angeles for a ...

If you can't cook anything else, you should at least be able to cook pasta noodles. Pasta can get pretty sticky, though (no pun intended) if the noodles aren't cooked correctly. Luckily, there are a ...

Close-up of Gordon Ramsay as he walks a red carpet - Song Haiyuan/mb Media/Getty Images The reason this practice is controversial is that adding oil to the boiling pasta water does make the noodles ...

QUESTION: What’s the best way to keep pasta from sticking together during cooking? Do you add oil to the water? ANSWER: This question came up recently during a discussion about the best ways to cook ...

Q: When cooking spaghetti noodles, how do you keep the pasta from sticking together after they are drained? My spaghetti noodles tend to come out in one big lump. A: There are several things you can ...

13:29, Mon, Jun 9, 2025 Updated: 13:29, Mon, Jun 9, 2025 Pasta salad is a tasty meal often served in summer on days it is too hot to fuss about in the kitchen, but it can often taste awful if you do ...

Fresh pasta is a thing of magic. It’s tender, carby and oh so comforting. But let it sit in the colander too long and you’ve got a dry, sticky mound of dough that’s far less appetizing. Believe it or ...