Pasta cooked in milk to build a creamy sauce. - Alena_Kos/Shutterstock A splash of pasta water is a crucial ingredient in most pasta dishes. The starch that washes into the water from raw pasta helps ...

A veteran food journalist settles some long-simmering disputes on a slippery subject. By Julia Moskin After publishing an article debunking five commonly held kitchen myths last week, I got questions ...

This is probably the most common and also the most serious mistake you can make in cooking pasta. Pasta should be tossed when the water boils, not before. And two or three bubbles are not enough to ...