It's hard to get most pasta dishes wrong, but we've got everything you need to make them better than ever. Read up on our best pasta tricks, tips, and tools, then make sure to head over to our Instagram @seriouseats to check out our Starch Madness tournament! #StarchMadness2021
How much salt should you add to a pasta pot? It depends. But never make it "as salty as the sea." I am often asked about how much salt should be added to a pot of water for boiling pasta, and I usually just tell people to estimate it. But when someone recently asked me that question, I wondered if …
Some people swear finishing pasta with its sauce and some of the starchy pasta-boiling water produces the best result. Others just sauce on top. Who's right? There's pasta. And then there's sauce. Put them together and you have dinner. Simple as that, right? Not exactly. The thing is, pasta-the-dish …
Serious Eats Watch More Videos "I'll have a glass of the grappa, please," I said to the bartender at the Italian restaurant down the street from my house. "You are the first person I have ever seen order that," she exclaimed in response. I asked her how long she'd been working there, figuring it might …
This Winco Aluminum Stir Fry Pan is a pasta-making game-changer. It took me years, but I have finally tracked down the perfect pasta pan. Many reading this will misunderstand what I'm talking about. I'm not referring to the pot in which the pasta itself is boiled. Yes, the vessel you choose for …
A comprehensive list of our favorite pasta-making equipment. We're a bit fanatical about pasta. (If you haven’t yet noticed from the Starch Madness competition, our myriad pasta recipes, our deep dives into things like the merits of salted pasta water, and our explanations of essential pasta …
The ingredients we always have on hand to bring flavor, texture, and body to our favorite pasta dishes. We eat a lot of pasta at Serious Eats. In good times and in bad; when we're feeling bummed or we're celebrating; when the sun is shining or when it's pouring out; winter, summer, fall, and spring; …
64 pasta sauces. 1 champion. You decide. The Big Al Dente is back. It's March. The weather is getting warmer, pollen and hope are in the air, and Starch Madness is back. It's been a decades long year since cavatappi were crowned champions, shocking the world as the winners of our inaugural …
