We’ve already written at HuffPost UK about how much water we’re really meant to use to cook pasta (I’ve been doing it wrong). Turns out I’ve also messed up meatballs, pasta sauce, my herb selection, ...

Stop pasta water from boiling over every time by placing 1 kitchen item on the pot It can be annoying when you look away for a minute and your pasta water has boiled over the pan, but one item you ...

Pasta needs plenty of boiling water from the start. The heat shock causes the outer starch to gel quickly, which prevents the noodles from sticking together and allows the inside to cook evenly.

These days, I’m a great cook, but until maybe around 5-10 years ago, I was a bad cook who could throw together a pasta dish no problem. If there’s one thing I’ve always been able to do, it’s fire up a ...