The chart below is a guideline for dry, packaged pasta. (If you're serving for a group, just add up the dry amounts based on ...

When it comes to cooking pasta, the first rule is simple — don’t skimp on the water. Using a large pot filled with plenty of ...

Different brands and shapes of pasta have different cooking times, and one or the other won't be cooked optimally. I've done this before, and it tasted like pasta mixed in with mushy pencils.

Semolina pasta can double in size when you cook it, so measure accordingly ... home cooks can use Barilla's handy chart. 3. When it comes to long noodles, trust the way it feels.

By Ali Slagle There’s one thing you can do to make any pasta dish easier, and arguably more satisfying: Cook the pasta and the sauce together in a single pot. The technique hinges on the magic ...

So it was hardly surprising that when a Nobel Prize-winning Italian physicist weighed in with advice about how to cook pasta perfectly, which seemed to upend everything the countries’ cooks had ...

The most common method used when cooking pasta involves bringing water to the boil, before adding pasta and leaving the pot on the stove. But there's a different way to cook pasta that uses less ...

Cook until the meatballs float, about 45 minutes/hour. 3. Using a slotted spoon, remove the sausage and meatballs. Serve the sauce over pasta, with the meats on top or on the side. Makes 6 servings.