| If you drain your pasta water through a colander and down the sink, you’re throwing away an invaluable asset that cooks call “liquid gold.”If you’ve ever noticed that your plate of spaghetti is encircled by a watery, red puddle, it’s there because you didn’t properly bind your sauce with pasta water. Though it might look “dirty,” you need to keep used pasta water! Its cloudiness is actually starch, which can be used to emulsify your sauce into silky deliciousness and make it stick to your pasta noodles.Learn all about the ways to save and use your pasta water. It’s magical in just about every kind of sauce, from tomato to Alfredo, and it’ll make your dinner guests wonder how you suddenly turned into such a great cook. Keep reading for more pasta wisdom and recipes. You deserve better than sauce from a jar In the desperation of a busy weeknight, you’ve probably popped open a jar of red sauce and dumped it on some freshly boiled pasta. It’s good enough, but you’re worth more.With spring in swing, fresh vegetables are everywhere and it's time to use them! We’ve picked 27 of our favorite pasta recipes that are low-maintenance but topped with fresh ingredients. They all start off with dried pasta, which many chefs argue is better than fresh, but not a single one of these recipes call for a jar of sauce. How to eat pasta "like a lady" In 1942, a vintage issue of Time Life provided a step-by-step guide to teach people how to eat noodles with charm and dignity. The first step: "Four strands of spaghetti should be segregated from the pile." Because everyone knows that anyone who eats more than four strands of pasta at a time is an animal, right? Read on to find out if you're supposed to twirl, slurp or cut your spaghetti. And then eat your spaghetti however you want, because this is 2018 and we're not monsters.
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